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'I should not be alive': Pastor shot in head speaks on forgiveness in first interview

While it's taken months to heal, a pastor who was shot in the head while preaching on the street is talking about his experience, and God's goodness. 

On November 15, 2023, Hans Schmidt was street preaching at the corner of 51st and Peoria avenue in Glendale, AZ, when someone walked up to him and shot him in the head. 

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Philippians 2:1-2

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

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Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Leaders must go beyond analysis to action. One cannot lead without energy, motion, risk. Leaders are pathfinders, road makers, action takers.

Cowardice, to put it bluntly, is an ungodly trait. God is not passive in the face of evil, nor is He indecisive.

The Psalms are full of powerful lyrics that give us a clear portrait of the Lord God. Never is He portrayed as a mild-mannered, passive Deity, hoping and waiting for things to happen. Always He is aggressively engaged in an all-out war against injustice and inequity.

A member of the Winnipeg Police Service has been placed on administrative leave following evidence going missing that occurred earlier this year. 

On Jan. 20, 2024, the WPS received a report of a robbery that occurred on Jan. 15, 2024. Electronic devices were stolen from a 37-year-old female and were subsequently pawned at different locations in Winnipeg.

The items were retrieved by the WPS Pawn Unit through routine checks of pawn transactions and placed in the Evidence Control Unit. The items were processed and deemed releasable to the victim.

RCMP are asking the public for assistance in locating a missing 20-year-old male who may be in Winnipeg. 

Shortly after midnight on Sept. 12, 2024, Powerview RCMP received a report of a missing 20-year-old from Powerview-Pine Falls. 

Dyrese Courchene was last seen at approximately 6 p.m. on September 11, 2024, leaving the community and headed west in his pickup truck on Highway 304. At approximately 5 p.m. on September 12, 2024, it is believed Courchene’s vehicle was spotted on Route 90 south of Winnipeg. It has not been confirmed that Courchene was in the vehicle.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep inside Russia, regardless of Moscow threatening that this would draw Canada and its allies into direct war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the NATO military alliance would draw itself into war if it allows Ukraine to use donated weapons to make long-range strikes inside Russia.

His comments come five weeks after Ukrainian forces stormed the border and put parts of Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since the Second World War.

Former NFL and outspoken Christian Tim Tebow spoke on Capital Hill this week to help stop the abuse of child sexual exploitation online with a new act. 

Tebow endorsed the Renewed Hope Act, a legislation that would enhance the ability of U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to rescue exploitation victims and identify predators. The goal is to help rescue 50,000 children currently being exploited. 

While there has been plenty of backlash to the recent announcement that the Juno Awards’ is placing four categories on "hiatus," including Christian/Gospel Album of the Year, there is also a growing call from Christian artists for grace.

RCMP say that a missing man has been found safe.

On Sept. 12 at 3:45 p.m., Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP received a report of a missing 50-year-old male from a residence located in McCreary.

The man was last seen leaving his residence on Sept. 6, and Mounties said he was known to frequent the City of Winnipeg and the Town of Swan River.

RCMP had said his family was worried for his safety.

On Sept. 14 the Manitoba RCMP sent out a release saying he had been safely located. The RCMP thanked the public for their assistance.