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these are our children

Posted by marvin williams on April 27th, 2012 | one response
Today, as we were being briefed about all the work Compassion is doing in Kenya and other parts of the world, I realized for the first time that I was part of something much bigger than I had anticipated. God is using... read more »

spirit-wind

Posted by winn collier on April 20th, 2012 | 10 responses
Soon after a tornado disaster in the US, I saw aerial photographs of its path. Entire neighborhoods were flattened. From the high angle of the photographer’s shot, all of the wood and debris looked like scattered,... read more »

the God who acts

Posted by winn collier on April 14th, 2012 | no responses
Gloria Bentivegna has been a faithful Christian for most of her life, and she raised her son Sal the same way. Sal grew ambivalent about his faith, however. He required physical evidence to believe in God, and so he became... read more »

money and happiness

Posted by pohfangchia on March 17th, 2012 | 3 responses
How much money does one need to be happy? According to a study from Princeton University, it’s $75,000 (US dollars) a year. The study claims that the lower a person’s annual income falls below that benchmark, the... read more »

extravagant devotion

Posted by sheridan voysey on March 15th, 2012 | 8 responses
What is Jesus worth to you? Most Christians would answer, “Everything.” But if He were here in the flesh, would you sell all your possessions and throw Him a $50,000 party? Would you sell a prized family heirloom to fill... read more »

you choose Q: “why does God choose some to be rich and some to be poor?”

Posted by an odj community member on February 21st, 2012 | one response
Q: Why has God decided to make some people so rich and prosperous and others poor and not prosperous?  —nkeh A: The Bible makes it clear that possession of wealth involves responsibility, including a responsibility to be... read more »

the small stuff

Posted by tim gustafson on January 26th, 2012 | 6 responses
How has your ministry been able to thrive in these tough economic times?” someone asked the leader of a nonprofit organization. “It’s because of the small gifts,” he said without hesitation. “The big gifts dry up... read more »

i am hunger

Posted by roxanne robbins on January 20th, 2012 | 3 responses
In a previous article, I wrote about four severely malnourished siblings that I have been daily feeding. The children—Joshua, Mirika, Ashaba, Katseme— look drastically different now that they’ve been receiving... read more »

good call

Posted by tom felten on December 26th, 2011 | 5 responses
Early in 2011, a US baseball coach made the best call of his career. Tom Walter, the coach of the Wake Forest University baseball team, chose to give up one of his kidneys so that one of his players could live. A freshman... read more »

no brown m&m’s

Posted by marvin williams on December 23rd, 2011 | one response
When rock band Van Halen was riding the wave of popularity, they insisted that a bowl of M&M’s be provided for them backstage at their concert venues. Yet every brown M&M had to be removed from the bowl. If the... read more »
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