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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in New York State after heart disease among adults and the second cause of death among children after injuries. And the number of people diagnosed with the disease increases every year. ....
Print In Orange County’s hot residential real estate market, multiple offers are commonplace and often come in well above the asking price. Valerie Torelli, founder of Costa Mesa’s Torelli Realty, recently represented a buyer who made one of 48 offers, according to the home’s listing agent, Fred Sed of Keller Williams, Irvine. Torelli recalled a weekend earlier this month when a house on Magnolia Street in eastside Costa Mesa drew “54 showing appointments in 15-minute increments where clients and agents stood in line. The house was listed at $999,900, and sold for $1.375 [million] within three weeks of listing.” With no open houses allowed because of pandemic restrictions, the only way to physically view a property is to first make an appointment online. ....
Celebrate Recovery founder John Baker dies Written by Mike Thom Thursday, Feb 25 2021, 9:02 AM John Baker gave his life over to Jesus 30 years ago and was healed from addictions. (Celebrate Recovery/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ The man who along with his wife founded a program that has helped millions of people find freedom from hurts, habits, or hangups, has died. John Baker passed away on Tuesday, February 23, according to a statement from the program Celebrate Recovery. John and his wife Cheryl founded the 10-step recovery program through Saddleback Church. It has since grown to become a global ministry. John touched more people with the healing power and grace of Jesus Christ than anyone else that I have ever known personally and one of those lives was mine, says Celebrate Recovery National Director Mac Owen. ....
The Saddleback Church pastor developed the popular Christ-centered 12-step program for âhurts, habits, and hang-ups.â Kate Shellnutt| Image: Courtesy of Saddleback Church / Edits by Christianity Today Celebrate Recovery founder John Baker, who turned his testimony recovering from alcoholism into a biblical 12-step program used by more than 7 million people, died unexpectedly on Tuesday at age 72. Baker’s ministry began in 1991 at Saddleback Church in California and has spread to 35,000 churches nationwide over the decades. Celebrate Recovery is credited with helping destigmatize addiction among evangelicals and opening the church up as a safer place for recovery. “Thirty years ago John Baker turned the ruins of his life over to Jesus Christ and God transformed him from a driven businessman with an addiction to alcohol, a failing marriage, and alienated children to a Christ-follower with a passion to help others with their ‘hurts, h ....