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a new keyboard

Posted by pohfangchia on July 10th, 2009 | no responses

Suspended in my make-believe world, I’m an accomplished pianist. My fingers dance across the keyboard, creating rhythm and rhyme. Prayerfully, a beautiful composition would come forth as I type gleefully on my new... read more »

winning submission

Posted by regina franklin on July 8th, 2009 | no responses

In 2008, a rising-star runner from Jamaica set world records in each of his events at the Beijing Summer Olympics. Having already secured two gold medals, Usain Bolt knew what it would take to win his third and final... read more »

building personal altars

Posted by sheridan voysey on July 7th, 2009 | 7 responses

Every Friday night a group of us get together to share what’s going on in our lives, read the Bible, and pray. We’re a diverse bunch, with a mathematician, a musician, a lawyer, a public speaker, and even an... read more »

the foolishness we find

Posted by winn collier on June 22nd, 2009 | 3 responses

I’m not into Christian T-shirts, but I recently saw one I’d like to own. Walking downtown in our city, I passed an elderly man with this caption across his chest: Step Back and Let Jesus Do What He Do Bad grammar... read more »

most important?

Posted by pohfangchia on June 21st, 2009 | 2 responses

If you’ve been a believer in Jesus for a while, you can probably easily answer the following question: “Which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” (Matthew 22:36). The answer Jesus gave?... read more »

audience of one

Posted by K. T. Sim on June 15th, 2009 | no responses

As a father of three kids, I am highly interested in their words and actions. Likewise, God is concerned with the behavior of His children. He expects them to do good works in this world (Ephesians 2:10; Matthew 5:16). More... read more »

the church has left the building

Posted by tim gustafson on June 10th, 2009 | 5 responses

Bekah Rosie skipped church on Sunday. So did her Sunday school teacher. So did her pastor. In fact, the whole church skipped church—and got out into the community for the entire weekend, serving wherever they could:... read more »

water for the people

Posted by roxanne robbins on June 9th, 2009 | one response

Shortly after moving to Uganda, I opened my home to two AIDS orphans. The other night I took the youngsters out for dinner. On the way home I aimed the car lights on a rock quarry and said, “There are many Ugandans who... read more »

being otherly

Posted by tom felten on June 3rd, 2009 | 6 responses

John and Bessie Gonleh needed help. They had already endured John being gunned down by rebels in their native Liberia (he barely survived), years of disease-ridden refugee camps, and the death of three of their children due... read more »

nothing but Jesus

Posted by winn collier on June 1st, 2009 | one response

Recently, my family encountered a homeless man who goes by the nickname Rev. We chatted and bought him a tuna sandwich at a sub shop. Afterward, my 4-year-old son Seth asked, “Daddy, why do I have a home and he... read more »