Author: Shalem John

For the past few months, the US job market has been showing signs of weakness. Erratic economic policies coming out of Washington make businesses skittish to hire new workers. Federal workforce cuts, the immigration crackdown, and higher interest rates are also contributing to the slowdown, according to economists. In the past two years, the general unemployment rate has hovered around 4 percent. For African Americans, it’s increased from 6 to 7.5 percent over the four months leading up to October. Racial employment disparities are nothing new. But the gap has worsened recently as a result of the slowing economy and…

Birth: October 1864 Home Calling: 06-08-1897 Native Place : Kensington Park Country: United Kingdom Place of Vision: Erstwhile Punjab and Kashmir Known for its natural beauty, Kashmir has always been a place of attraction to tourists during summers. But in winters, it is one of the harshest places to live on earth. Affluent people temporarily migrate to the plains to survive. The rest who stay back eventually die with illness. In the winter of 1894, when many were moving towards the plains, a young woman was moving towards Kashmir to help those who were still staying there. Her name was…

Birth: 05-07-1856 Homeland : Scotland Home Calling: 07-06-1887 Vision: England: Yemen “It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth” (Lamentations 3:27) is a verse that influenced lon Keith-Falconer and also much reflected through his life. Born in a wealthy noble family, lon had everything he wanted at his command, yet he chose to bear Christ’s yoke in his youth. He was an accomplished athlete and a champion cyclist. He was outstanding in his studies and was fluent in five languages including Greek and Hebrew. Immediately after finishing college, he was appointed as Semitic languages lecturer…