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the frugalista

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on December 6th, 2011 | 12 responses
What could make a woman pass on a pedicure, refuse hair appointments, and choose at-home eating over dining out? For Natalie P. McNeal, the answer was $20,000 of debt. She became “The Frugalista” when she declared a... read more »

faith in the famine

Posted by pohfangchia on November 24th, 2011 | 5 responses
During the time period of the Kings, Israel didn’t forsake God, but they mixed faith in Him with faith in gods of fertility and rain. Perhaps they were thinking: It can’t hurt to ask a few more gods for a bountiful... read more »

autocorrect?

Posted by marvin williams on November 6th, 2011 | 7 responses
Ben Zimmer, linguist, lexicographer, and language columnist for The New York Times, recently wrote an article about how incorrect the autocorrect text feature on our smart phones can be. He told how Hannah had received a... read more »

bitter water

Posted by regina franklin on September 5th, 2011 | 12 responses
The first time I met her, something in our interaction truly bothered me. A day later, I was praying to God and searching my heart to see why I felt so unsettled around my new acquaintance. After all, it had been a pretty... read more »

memento mori

Posted by marvin williams on September 3rd, 2011 | 10 responses
Memento mori, a Latin phrase, is translated, “Remember you are mortal.” Historians believe the phrase was used in Rome when Julius Caesar returned after many years of fighting abroad. As the cavalcades of victory and the... read more »

fooling ourselves

Posted by tom felten on September 2nd, 2011 | 6 responses
Last year, a bizarre TV game show began airing in France. Contestants were given questions and all went well if they answered correctly. But a wrong answer proved to be deadly. For the erring contestants were then commanded... read more »

sacred scarecrows

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on August 12th, 2011 | 7 responses
I wandered around at the annual Scarecrow Festival in a neighboring town, the smell of fried dough, popcorn, and hot dogs filled the air. Multitudes of scarecrows masquerading as different characters—athletes, pirates,... read more »

seeking and following

Posted by sheridan voysey on August 9th, 2011 | 4 responses
In Mark 10, we follow the lives of two men. Financially they couldn’t be more different. Spiritually they have much in common. Their stories teach us much. One is a rich man who has all his physical needs met (Mark 10:22);... read more »

proof of faith

Posted by mike wittmer on August 8th, 2011 | 5 responses
The renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens was dying. By his own admission, decades of heavy drinking and smoking had given him cancer of the esophagus, and now he was facing a brutal regimen of chemotherapy and a bleak... read more »

in your hand

Posted by an odj community member on June 28th, 2011 | no responses
Exodus 4:2: Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied. When God appeared to Moses in the wilderness and declared His plan to deliver His people from the land of... read more »
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