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dying for peace

Posted by tom felten on October 9th, 2011 | 6 responses

I hadn’t seen him in years. He called my name and walked over to me at the grocery store. After some small talk, I asked how he was doing. He said, “Last year I was dying,” and went on to explain that stress had nearly... read more »

night hours

Posted by regina franklin on October 8th, 2011 | 7 responses

When our first child was born, my husband determined to share in the care of our child. While we have different parenting strengths and styles, we have carried the responsibilities together, with the exception of one area.... read more »

keep me true

Posted by an odj community member on September 27th, 2011 | 2 responses

Today’s world offers us so many choices, many of which can easily lead us astray or even cause harm. So many are walking in dark times. The psalmist wrote: “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no... read more »

he who hesitates

Posted by marvin williams on September 25th, 2011 | 4 responses

In 2005, amid the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the US, a leading politician summed up the response to the disaster with these words: “One of the problems that we’re facing at the federal level and at the... read more »

dark night

Posted by tom felten on September 24th, 2011 | 8 responses

There’s something about the twenties that causes some of us to experience a dark night of the soul. Maybe it’s dealing with stuff from our past or the uncertainty of the future. Oswald Chambers, author of the bestselling... read more »

living by faith

Posted by an odj community member on September 14th, 2011 | no responses

Deuteronomy 8:1-3: Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors. Remember how the Lord your God led... read more »

at the end of the day . . .

Posted by an odj community member on September 13th, 2011 | no responses

I know what I’m supposed to do in life. But over the past 8 months, there has been a lot of wrestling in my heart over whether it should be in strong agreement with what I truly stand for or become independent from... read more »

do not worry

Posted by an odj community member on September 12th, 2011 | 2 responses

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they... read more »

no fear

Posted by Jeff Olson on September 9th, 2011 | 2 responses

The other day I stopped at a service station to fill up my car’s gas tank. When I went inside to pay, I noticed a little sparrow hopping around on the windowsill next to the cashier. She told me the sparrow had flown into... read more »

true contentment

Posted by sheridan voysey on September 6th, 2011 | 11 responses

Whenever a friend succeeds,” Gore Vidal once said, ”a little something in me dies.” The words are sad, because a life lived in envy leaves little room for joy. But don’t Vidal’s words reflect our own feelings at... read more »