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a better place

Posted by marvin williams on May 7th, 2009 | 3 responses
There is a myth that is common in Christian as well as non-Christian circles: People who die always go to a better place. I have been to funerals of individuals who were said to have gone to “that better... read more »

the prayer of the forgotten

Posted by winn collier on April 28th, 2009 | no responses
In places like Darfur, the western region of Sudan, where genocide and starvation run rampant, human crises move far beyond the theoretical. Recent UN estimates suggested that hundreds of thousands of people have perished... read more »

magic

Posted by tim gustafson on March 31st, 2009 | 4 responses
We were engaged in a refreshingly serious conversation about the origin of things, deep stuff you won’t get to discuss with every teenager. (Him, not me. I’m, uh . . . older.) Shy, brilliant (again, him), he was... read more »

high hopes

Posted by mike wittmer on March 29th, 2009 | 5 responses
What do the following have in common? An unemployed man flees his life of poverty by becoming a suicide bomber. A soldier unable to defend his homeland hugs a grenade to his chest in one final act of “honor.” A... read more »

dazed and confused

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on March 3rd, 2009 | 2 responses
Following an early flight to France, my friends and I boarded a train to Paris. In a fog of jet lag, we disembarked somewhere underneath the city and yanked our luggage up a long stairway. Finally we emerged into the... read more »
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