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RELIGIOUS PRACTICES MAY LENGTHEN LIFE

A study by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services prolongs life by 20 percent. The study, which evaluated the diverse religious practices of 92,395 post-menopausal women, said even after adjusting for healthy activities, the mortality rates exceeded expectations.

APOLOGY FROM BOB JONES U ON HISTORY

The president of Bob Jones University has apologized for past school policies that excluded black students and banned interracial dating. The school admitted black students starting in 1971 and ended its ban on interracial dating in 2000. "We conformed to the culture rather than provide a clear Christian counterpoint to it," the school Web site said. "In so doing, we failed to accurately represent the Lord and fulfill the commandment to love others as ourselves."

BIBLE TRANSLATION GETS BOOST WITH DONATION

A new effort to translate the Bible into every language kicked off last Saturday with the help of a $50 million anonymous gift to Wycliffe USA — the world's largest Bible-translation company. The goal of Wycliffe's Last Languages Campaign is to translate the Bible for all of the 2,400 languages that still do not have one. Those represent nearly 200 million people, mostly in Central Africa, India-southern China and Indonesia-Papua New Guinea.

DOCUMENTARY ON PORN

"Somebody's Daughter: A Journey to Freedom from Pornography" will première on the ION Television Network on Sunday and Dec. 7. The documentary details three men and one married couple active in Christian ministries who struggled to overcome addictions to pornography.

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

Send in your faith-based Christmas events, such as musicals and dramas, as well as Christmas Eve services, to Sue Nowicki: e-mail snowicki@modbee.com, fax to 578-2207 or mail to P.O. Box 5256, Modesto 95352-5256.

NEW BOOKS

"Commander of the Faithful" by John W. Kiser (Monkfish Book Publishing, $28.95) is a nonfiction, dramatic story of quarreling tribes, Sufi sects and brotherhoods, treacherous Ottoman officials, rival French generals, secret negotiations, terrible atrocities and warfare. No, it's not a current account. It's the story of Abd el-Kader, who in the 1800s received accolades and awards from France, Britain, Russia, the Ottoman sultan, the pope and President Lincoln.

HAVE YOU HEARD?

"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

-- Benjamin Franklin