In this week's April 18th issue, we are reminded that we live in a culture that entertains itself with insults. How can Christians, and especially youth, love and affirm one another when they are inundated with put-downs? Key Scriptures are: Proverbs 10:18-21; Isaiah 6:1-8; Matthew 15:10-20; 25:31-46; and Ephesians 4:11-16, In the April 25th issue, LinC takes a look at how animal species and ecosystems around the world are dying and disappearing because of human carelessness. As Christians, what is our responsibility to the creatures with whom we share the earth?