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why break the pencil?

Posted by Geordie on September 29th, 2009 | 2 responses

I was listening to a radio call-in program that was discussing the making and breaking of promises. One presenter summed up the consensus when he said, “Most of us break promises as often as we break pencils.... read more »

perfect suffering

Posted by tom felten on September 22nd, 2009 | 4 responses

Prosperity preachers don’t last long in countries where there is persecution. They usually just leave.” That quote by Ajith Fernando from his book The Call to Joy and Pain captures two realities of the Christian... read more »

forgiveness

Posted by mike wittmer on September 17th, 2009 | 17 responses

We were shocked when a woman associated with a dark time in our past had the nerve to show up at a family reunion. She had broken up my father’s family when he was a young boy, and despite our attempts at... read more »

c.s.i.

Posted by pohfangchia on September 11th, 2009 | 2 responses

My sister is a crime scene investigator in Singapore. One morning, she was abruptly awakened at 4 a.m. by the incessant ringing of her phone—a murder had occurred! She had just 48 hours to gather sufficient evidence to... read more »

higher

Posted by regina franklin on September 8th, 2009 | 2 responses

Snuggling under the thick bedspread on a cold night, I tucked the blankets up to my face and tried to go back to sleep. But the comfort of a warm bed couldn’t chase away my unsettling dream. Learning the hard way that... read more »

represent

Posted by marvin williams on August 23rd, 2009 | 2 responses

Ambassadors are the highest-ranking, appointed diplomats that represent a country. They are normally appointed by a president or an organization to serve as the official representative and spokespersons for their country.... read more »

hope at last

Posted by roxanne robbins on August 22nd, 2009 | no responses

You won’t find it [Kibera] on your tourist map—or any other map. It’s a squatters’ camp, an illegal, forgotten city, and at least one third of Nairobi lives here,” explains BBC East Africa... read more »

land and deeds

Posted by tom felten on August 15th, 2009 | no responses

Do you have a special place where you’d like to be right now—a place you feel passionate about? I love serving others at Upper Peninsula Bible Camp. It’s a beautiful place in the woods of northern Michigan... read more »

full tank

Posted by Jeff Olson on August 14th, 2009 | one response

Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century French abbot, once said, “The man who is wise . . . will see his life more like a reservoir than as a canal. The canal . . . pours out as it receives. The reservoir retains the... read more »

a conservative Christian?

Posted by roxanne robbins on August 11th, 2009 | 4 responses

Shortly before I moved to Africa, while at a New York City film festival reception, actor Tim Robbins and I engaged in a substantive conversation. We discussed causes and effects of war, international human rights issues,... read more »