• Rory Feek: 'Feeling Both Broken-Hearted, Blessed' Watching Terminally Ill Wife Joey with Daughter

  Spring is country singer and cancer battler Joey Feek's favorite season of the year, posted her spouse Rory Feek in an online message Thursday morning, because she always gotten to plant and nurture seedlings. Now, Rory describes how he's taking notes from Joey so he can try to keep her garden going after she's passed on from terminal cervical cancer.

  

• Boy Beheaded In Front of Parents, Public By ISIS Extremists After 'Missing Friday Prayers'

  A 14-year-old boy was publicly executed by Islamic State militants for allegedly missing Friday prayers. The teenager's parents were forced to watch their son be beheaded after he was charged with "apostasy," the abandonment of religious belief, in his hometown of Jarablus in Syria.

  

• Global Religious Freedom: New Scorecard Tracks Action Of U.S. Congress

  Religious minorities worldwide hope the creation of the new Wilberforce Initiative's International Religious Freedom scorecard will promote religious freedom as a "fundamental human right." The scorecard was introduced at the National Press Club on Tuesday. It measures the participation of Congressional members in promoting international religious freedom, chiefly through legislation and caucusing. It is planned to be released twice a year.

  

• Arizona Mom Hears Son's Donated Heart inside Recipient's Chest, 'Not a Dry Eye in the Room'

  When a mother in Arizona had to face the tragic death of her 7-month-old son, Lukas, from the abuse of a babysitter's boyfriend, she did what many parents hope they have the courage to do: donate the remaining organs to try to help save the lives of others. This weekend, that mother got to hear the heart beat of her son, but from inside a little girl, who is fortunate due to another's misfortune.

  

• Christian Author Joel Rosenberg: Only Three Presidential Candidates Can Deal With 'Apocalyptic Islam'

  Joel C. Rosenberg, author of the popular "Last Jihad" book series, "Epicenter" and "The First Hostage," says all of the current presidential candidates, except maybe three, are not prepared to deal with the threat of what he calls "apocalyptic Islam." He said front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton "do not have the skill set needed to deal with Iran's mullahs or the growing threat of the Islamic State."