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hedging bets

Posted by mike wittmer on March 11th, 2010 | 8 responses
Millions of people say they believe in God, but to guarantee the good life they also put their trust in capitalism, science, or immoral pleasures. Recently, however, we’ve seen further proof that these... read more »

solid investment

Posted by mike wittmer on January 4th, 2010 | 2 responses
The best time to buy stocks is also the most difficult. It takes guts to invest in a bear market (a down market), but savvy investors find bargains on some solid stocks and buy even when everyone else... read more »

treasures

Posted by marvin williams on December 31st, 2009 | 14 responses
Every day, according to one survey, Americans buy an average of 3,972,603 movie tickets; 1,683,835 songs and albums from online resources; 1,650,000 DVD rentals from Netflix; 978,030 bags of Orville Redenbacher’s... read more »

the great exchange

Posted by sheridan voysey on December 9th, 2009 | 4 responses
Haiti is an impoverished nation where 80 percent of its people live in great need. One child in 14  never reaches his or her first birthday; another one in five never lives to the age of 4; and voodoo... read more »

consumed

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on November 13th, 2009 | 6 responses
An Ethiopian farmer hid more than $12,000 in a haystack—which unfortunately was home to some hungry rodents. Just three weeks after he stashed the cash, he discovered that rats had chewed through almost... read more »

hair

Posted by poh fang chia on October 26th, 2009 | 2 responses
Snipped. Snipped. Off went the long tresses. It took me so long to get it to this length; did I make the right choice in cutting it short?

As I flipped the magazine covers and pored at the... read more »

being satisfied

Posted by regina franklin on October 22nd, 2009 | 7 responses
Biju Thampy, a young man from India, knew poverty. When an unidentified benefactor sent him to England to be trained for the ministry, Thampy was unwilling to rest in comfort. Hungry for the realization... read more »

because you are here

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on September 24th, 2009 | 6 responses
Have you ever been short of money when it really mattered? As a college student working on a post-graduate degree, Keith Taylor worked three jobs. When his car broke down, he had to decide: pay the rent,... read more »

who cares?

Posted by tim gustafson on August 21st, 2009 | 8 responses
The book of Malachi was written around 420 BC as a warning to the nation of Israel. God accused the priests of offering “defiled” sacrifices (Malachi 1:7). Specifically, He was concerned with... read more »

red bag

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on August 5th, 2009 | 7 responses
A local Christian church left an empty red bag on our doorstep with a note asking for food donations. I took it inside and tossed it on the kitchen counter, mentally excusing myself from assisting because:... read more »
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