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hagar mistake
Posted by roxanne robbins on August 27th, 2010 | 4 responses
A Christian friend of mine was desperate for marriage and tired of waiting for God to deliver. Finally, she entered into an intimate relationship with a man whose character and faith lacked nearly every... read more »
cement sky
Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on August 1st, 2010 | 8 responses
My hometown is nestled between emerald cow pastures, meandering roads, and tree-covered foothills. It’s most charming on bright, sunny days, but there aren’t many of those. The Finger Lakes region... read more »
worn out?
Posted by jeff olson on June 28th, 2010 | 16 responses
I’m just so tired.” It’s a common phrase that I’ve heard from people in my counseling office over the years. Sometimes they say the words to play the “pity me” card. Others are unknowingly... read more »
expansion
Posted by regina franklin on June 16th, 2010 | 6 responses
Looking out my back picture window, the normally peaceful view had become a bit of a wasteland. Scraps from our now nonexistent deck lay stacked against the fence, twisted sprinkler pipes poked out at... read more »
chameleon
Posted by tim gustafson on June 8th, 2010 | 5 responses
Nicodemus is a man I can relate to. You may recall him as the religious leader who came to see Jesus “after dark one evening” (John 3:1-2). Some scholars say the time of his visit is simply how meetings... read more »
an indifferent spouse
Posted by sheridan voysey on April 19th, 2010 | 14 responses
In the film The Painted Veil, an unhappily married couple—Walter and Kitty Fane—trek into China’s rural Guangxi Province where cholera is decimating the locals. Their visit is hardly altruistic.... read more »
no condemnation
Posted by marvin williams on April 12th, 2010 | 13 responses
The Thirteenth Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States was ratified by the necessary number of states on December 6, 1865. So, how many slaves were there in the US on December 7?
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faith and fear
Posted by mike wittmer on March 30th, 2010 | 13 responses
Death scares me. I love my life, and I don’t want it to end. There’s also a part of me that wonders what the afterlife is really like. What if it’s different from what the Bible says?
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letting go
Posted by regina franklin on March 26th, 2010 | 18 responses
I’ve never been a particularly fast writer, but when it came to texting, my speed was somewhere in the range of “turtlelike.” While receiving a second or third text, I was still responding to the... read more »
uncertainties
Posted by poh fang chia on March 12th, 2010 | 12 responses
Due to the recent economic downturn, the university my brother-in-law attends will no longer provide any paid academic teaching or research opportunities for students who have been in the program for more... read more »












