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because you are here

Posted by regina franklin on June 24th, 2009 | 2 responses
“Fine. I’ll take care of it myself.” With a clipped tone, I ended the conversation and snapped my cell phone shut. Realizing I had done the very thing I had not wanted to do, my frustration increased. Not... read more »

dying for life

Posted by tom felten on June 23rd, 2009 | 4 responses
“Some men can’t be bullied or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”  —Alfred the Butler Those words, from last summer’s mega-blockbuster movie The Dark Knight speak... read more »

staying together

Posted by tom felten on May 31st, 2009 | 8 responses
Last year, a woman named Joan opened a letter from a local law firm and immediately burst into tears as she read its contents. The letter stated that her divorce from husband John “had been completed.” She was in... read more »

strong love

Posted by regina franklin on May 19th, 2009 | 6 responses
You’re being mean!” “Nobody loves me.” As a mom, I’ve heard these words often. Though my children are night and day in personality, they share a common dislike for discipline. After having dealt... read more »

on the loose

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on May 1st, 2009 | 4 responses
Imagine this. You’re hanging out at home when a bull blasts through the back door, crashes into the kitchen, hurtles down the hallway, and then rockets around the living room. That happened to a family in Aachen,... read more »

the prayer of the forgotten

Posted by winn collier on April 28th, 2009 | no responses
In places like Darfur, the western region of Sudan, where genocide and starvation run rampant, human crises move far beyond the theoretical. Recent UN estimates suggested that hundreds of thousands of people have perished... read more »

what God hates

Posted by roxanne robbins on April 26th, 2009 | 2 responses
Shortly after moving to Uganda, I learned of a volunteer who contributed significantly on behalf of the East African people he came to serve. Yet despite all he accomplished on the field, he also caused harm by speaking... read more »

needed

Posted by regina franklin on April 22nd, 2009 | 2 responses
Growing up as a music minister’s kid, I had no ambitions to marry someone in the ministry.  No resulting trauma or deep regrets, my reservations had more to do with the wounds my parents had endured than any... read more »

consider the cashew

Posted by tom felten on April 3rd, 2009 | 3 responses
On a recent trip to Honduras, I met a resident who introduced me to a beautiful red and yellow fruit. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the “apple” portion of the fruit had a dark, hard, kidney-shaped piece... read more »

misplaced blame

Posted by Jeff Olson on March 23rd, 2009 | 4 responses
The other morning I couldn’t find my wallet. I looked for it in the usual places—the bedroom dresser, the kitchen counter, my pants pocket—but my search came up empty. My immediate response? I wanted to... read more »
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