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May 14, 2012

Posted by Today's Conversation on May 14th, 2012 | 4 responses

How does the news affect your spiritually? Positive effects? Negative effects? ... read more »

secular state

Posted by tom felten on May 14th, 2012 | 2 responses

A chimera is a bizarre-looking character found in Greek mythology. The fire-breathing female is composed from the parts of a lion, goat, and serpent. Recently, a religious leader used the term chimera to describe the... read more »

weeds

Posted by tim gustafson on May 13th, 2012 | 2 responses

As a child growing up in Ghana’s Upper Region, I used to help Mom and Dad in their garden. To this day, the aroma of tomatoes ripening on the vine makes me nostalgic for tropical climes and simpler times. Dad, who had... read more »

don’t do your math

Posted by pohfangchia on May 12th, 2012 | one response

In the days before the printing press, the Old Testament books were copied by hand. The scribes developed a stringent set of rules to keep errors from occurring. First, they would count all the letters on the page. Then,... read more »

mothers R they – Mother’s Day 2012

Posted by an odj community member on May 11th, 2012 | no responses

We consumed whatever they consumed, our places in their lives, we assumed; from day to night, night till day, our nursing mothers are they. In sickness or in good health, their love and care are our wealth; their legacies... read more »

staying grounded

Posted by Jeff Olson on May 11th, 2012 | 5 responses

Best-selling author John Eldredge recently wrote a book about Jesus titled Beautiful Outlaw. One of the things that struck Eldredge as he researched and wrote his new work was noting how grounded Jesus was as a... read more »

what will your story be?

Posted by an odj community member on May 10th, 2012 | one response

“A good name is better than a good ointment, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth” (Ecclesiastes 7:1). I read this today during my quiet time with God. As I read it, the power of... read more »

grace from surprising places

Posted by winn collier on May 10th, 2012 | 7 responses

In June 2011, pro hockey player Gilbert Brule was driving in Vancouver with his girlfriend. As they passed two hitchhikers, Brule blurted out, “That’s Bono!” Brule’s girlfriend wasn’t buying it. “I didn’t... read more »

held

Posted by regina franklin on May 9th, 2012 | 4 responses

Our kids often come home excited to tell us the interesting things they’ve learned in school. So when our 9-year-old asked me if I knew how to balance a book at least an inch high off the counter on just a sheet of paper,... read more »

early Mother’s Day wishes

Posted by an odj community member on May 8th, 2012 | no responses

1. Mummy, your beauty makes you full, because God made you beautiful. BLESSED MOTHER’S DAY! 2. Mom, the more I honour you, the more I want to love you. BLESSED MUM’S DAY! 3. On this day, for each day that... read more »