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i am hunger

Posted by roxanne robbins on January 20th, 2012 | 3 responses

In a previous article, I wrote about four severely malnourished siblings that I have been daily feeding. The children—Joshua, Mirika, Ashaba, Katseme— look drastically different now that they’ve been receiving... read more »

can you keep a secret?

Posted by an odj community member on January 19th, 2012 | no responses

Matthew 6:1-4: Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with... read more »

January 16, 2012

Posted by Today's Conversation on January 16th, 2012 | 5 responses

One day Jesus will say, “Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed Me. I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink” —Matthew... read more »

worth it

Posted by regina franklin on January 13th, 2012 | 7 responses

Racing along the beach as the moonlight hits the water, I dash toward the figure running toward me. I have a pile of papers to grade, a house in desperate need of attention, and a writing deadline to complete in less than 48... read more »

gracious and salty

Posted by pohfangchia on January 10th, 2012 | 3 responses

During a press conference in New York City for Clint Eastwood’s new movie Hereafter, the journalists were clearly smitten with him. When a Brazilian journalist apologized for his poor command of English and a “silly... read more »

discipline of secrecy

Posted by sheridan voysey on January 9th, 2012 | 11 responses

I’m an exhibitionist,” said the surrealist artist Salvador Dali. “Life is too short to remain unnoticed.” And actress Marlene Dietrich once released an album made entirely of the applause recorded at her... read more »

good call

Posted by tom felten on December 26th, 2011 | 5 responses

Early in 2011, a US baseball coach made the best call of his career. Tom Walter, the coach of the Wake Forest University baseball team, chose to give up one of his kidneys so that one of his players could live. A freshman... read more »

no brown m&m’s

Posted by marvin williams on December 23rd, 2011 | one response

When rock band Van Halen was riding the wave of popularity, they insisted that a bowl of M&M’s be provided for them backstage at their concert venues. Yet every brown M&M had to be removed from the bowl. If the... read more »

Japan – 8 months after the Tsunami

Posted by pohfangchia on December 8th, 2011 | 2 responses

28 October 2011 One couple chose to have their honeymoon in Japan doing relief work. A young lady used her first paycheck to buy an air ticket to Japan. A father forwent his only son’s graduation ceremony to serve the... read more »

defended

Posted by regina franklin on December 3rd, 2011 | 13 responses

The past several years have been a significant training ground in surrender. Confronted with the truth of God’s Word, my husband and I realized that much of the way we had been doing ministry previously did not reflect the... read more »