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good religion

Posted by winn collier on May 16th, 2013 | 10 responses
As a pastor, I get interesting responses from people when they discover my vocation. Some will immediately apologize for the language they’ve used. Some offer a forced smile and then come up with an excuse to change the... read more »

unexpected blessings

Posted by sheridan voysey on April 18th, 2013 | 5 responses
It’s likely we’ve read Jesus’ Beatitudes as a list of virtues—attitudes and actions that He wants us to pursue. So, we think, He wants us to be humble (Matthew 5:5), merciful (Matthew 5:7), pure in heart (Matthew... read more »

rescued from darkness

Posted by sheridan voysey on March 26th, 2013 | 9 responses
In Clint Eastwood’s movie Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski is a cranky Korean War vet disgusted by the gangs now running his neighborhood. He gets to know Thao, a teenager living next door, after catching him trying to steal his... read more »

affected

Posted by tom felten on March 19th, 2013 | 8 responses
Rachel, the daughter of fellow ODJ author Jeff Olson, is a young woman I love as if she were my own. Recently, she completed an 8-month missions trip. During that time, I became concerned when she contracted malaria while... read more »

recalculating relationships

Posted by Jeff Olson on February 12th, 2013 | 4 responses
A comedian once mused that he wished someone would make a GPS for husbands. He said something like this: GPS: “Compliment your wife’s appearance.” Comedian: “Hey, honey, you look really good.” GPS: “Ask her about... read more »

accepting correction

Posted by sheridan voysey on January 13th, 2013 | 6 responses
Atheists are so limp-wristed because they have nothing to stand for! #ultimatecowards” “Atheists have no morality. They will hug a tree and murder a baby in its mother’s womb! #confused” The nasty Twitter updates... read more »

when giving isn’t helping

Posted by roxanne robbins on December 12th, 2012 | 5 responses
Street kids populate most intersections in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. I know many of the children by name, and when I’m stopped in traffic they regularly congregate at my car to talk and laugh with me. As much as I... read more »

the walking dead

Posted by K. T. Sim on October 31st, 2012 | 6 responses
The Walking Dead, a critically acclaimed, award-winning postapocalyptic horror TV series, is set in the aftermath of a virus infection that turned humans into zombies—the walking dead. The series focuses on a small group... read more »

the counts

Posted by tom felten on October 21st, 2012 | 5 responses
It’s likely you didn’t wake up this morning and think Hope my white blood cell counts are climbing! I did. Why? Due to a recent bone marrow transplant, my blood cells have been doing their own version of the “limbo”... read more »

like Jesus

Posted by K. T. Sim on September 26th, 2012 | 3 responses
Last month I was a character reference for a friend who was candidating with a missions agency. All I had to do was give my honest feedback based on certain key performance indicators (KPIs). As I “evaluated” my friend,... read more »
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