On Fridays, Jose Garreton arrives early at the Bay Street law firm where he works, eager to check his e-mail account for Canada In Prayer's latest bulletin. The 38-year-old computer analyst says he spends hours most nights reporting the prayer requests of 60 primarily Spanish-speaking churches, located across the Greater Toronto Area, to Canada In Prayer (CIP)."It has been exciting to see Christians in the city starting to work together more closely across racial...
Don't think all Internet dating sites are cyber versions of singles bars. Or a place for liars, losers and worse. "The first thing people used to think of when you said 'Internet dating' was hatchet murderer," says Marilyn Warren, media representative for the eharmony.com dating site.Things have changed. Some sites -- including the 475,000-member eharmony.com -- have got religion.And the customers? Her favorite book of the...
It was love at first byte. Judy Morris and Ray Tremblay met through Match.com the week before Christmas. Now the couple -- she's from Maryville, he's from Knoxville -- plan to move in together.Gail Abbott found her husband, Steve, on Matchdoctor.com two years ago. A few e-mails, two phone conversations and a glass of iced tea on the front porch later -- under the watchful eye of neighbors -- and they're living happily ever after.Earl Thacker met his...
A southern Indian minister living in a predominantly Hindu society does more than preach the loving philosophy of Christianity. The Rev. Ghuna Kumar, who this week visited at the New Love in Christ Church in Lower Paxton Twp., practices what he preaches by working among 'the poorest of the poor.' Kumar, of Cnenna, India, has spent more than 25 years preaching and teaching, building churches and orphanages, and 'fishing for lost...
What was the name of that book again? "Women are from Venus, Men are from Wichita"? Or vice versa?Male - "It's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who has basically given up on the dating scene. Keep up the encouraging articles." Kelly - "I'm a 33-year-old male, single all my life. After hearing horror stories about dating and seeing some for myself, I wish I was in another...