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Public gifts that are seemingly just for some can turn out to be for all. On the season premiere episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 13, 2004, Oprah brought eleven audience members…
A feral child is someone who, usually at a very young age and for various reasons (most of them…
We are called to have compassion for the people around us, so if we have the ability to meet…
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The poem “The Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson brilliantly portrays God in relentless pursuit of a human soul: I fled Him, down the…
Scientists have discovered that waterfalls can show up any where along a river, quickly (in geological views of time) changing the landscape because of…
Matthew Eldridge was a body double for actor Jason Bateman. He compares his experience on a movie set—working alongside hundreds of others to make…
“The ‘Achilles’ heel,’ as it’s called today, has become one of the most popular idioms in Western culture. It refers to a person’s point…
As ambassadors of Christ, we must strive to live a life void of offense and speak as the one represented. “An ambassador speaks for…
In Richard Lischer’s memoir of his first pastorate, he tells the story of his second son Adam’s birth. Born big and robust, within hours…
The book of Job makes clear this matter of human limitedness. We don’t have the knowledge or the language to understand God fully. “Now…
