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anxious times

Posted by tom felten on March 8th, 2010 | 18 responses
My friends were dealing with a daughter who was struggling physically and emotionally. Unable to determine the source of her problems, they were getting stretched thin. Not surprisingly, as their precious... read more »

celebrating a loss

Posted by tim gustafson on March 1st, 2010 | 5 responses
As time ticked away at Hull City’s beautiful KC Stadium in the UK, an appreciative and raucous crowd stood in anxious anticipation. At game’s end, hundreds of fans scurried onto the field to celebrate.... read more »

patched up

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on February 28th, 2010 | 3 responses
A couple of years ago an oral surgeon yanked out my wisdom teeth. The bottom two chompers were positioned directly on nerves, and the post- surgery pain was intense. A few weeks later, an infection brought... read more »

disappointed

Posted by tim gustafson on February 21st, 2010 | 6 responses
Few joys surpass that of a soldier and a family reunited after an extended deployment. And few things exceed the disappointment of such a hope deferred. Imagine the scathing disappointment of a battalion... read more »

perfect path

Posted by tom felten on February 19th, 2010 | 13 responses
My wife and I had prayed. We had sought God. We had sought godly counsel. Now we presented our plans to a group of people who would help us realize a vision for ministry or shut it down. They chose the... read more »

we have this day

Posted by mike wittmer on February 17th, 2010 | 19 responses
Debbie Middlemann was telling me about her mother, Edith, the 94-year-old widow of Francis Schaeffer. Francis wrote powerfully and often about the dangers of euthanasia and the gift of life, and now his... read more »

no grumbling allowed

Posted by tom felten on February 9th, 2010 | 17 responses
I laughed yesterday as I read Facebook comments written by a close friend and his wife. She updated her profile to read, “I am grumpy for no good reason.” Beneath it, alluding to Facebook’s “like”... read more »

worship in pain

Posted by tom felten on February 8th, 2010 | 11 responses

one-hit wonders

Posted by tim gustafson on February 8th, 2010 | 3 responses
A recent TV special on one-hit wonders—pop music performers who had one hit and then disappeared—fascinated me. Old footage from their prime showed them to be arrogant, bold, confident, outrageous,... read more »

renewed hope

Posted by marvin williams on February 6th, 2010 | 8 responses
David Blancarte, a paraplegic, used a wheelchair for 20 years. It’s likely he had lost hope of ever walking again. But that changed recently. Blancarte was bitten by a poisonous brown recluse spider.... read more »
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