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cleaning our catch

Posted by jeff olson on March 7th, 2010 | 2 responses
One of the worst parts of fishing is cleaning your catch. It’s a messy, stinky, dirty job that requires a strong stomach, but someone has to do it. In my family, that someone is usually—well... read more »

hands free

Posted by regina franklin on March 3rd, 2010 | 8 responses
Around our house, I am lovingly known as “the pack mule.” I have an incessant desire to carry everything from the car in one load. Whether I’m walking across the grass or trying to haul an entire... read more »

holding it together

Posted by marvin williams on February 18th, 2010 | 5 responses
From autumn of 2008 through April 2009, the country of South Africa was run by temporary or acting officials. When President Thabo Mbeki quit, after being accused of interfering in a court case, an acting... read more »

renewed hope

Posted by marvin williams on February 6th, 2010 | 8 responses
David Blancarte, a paraplegic, used a wheelchair for 20 years. It’s likely he had lost hope of ever walking again. But that changed recently. Blancarte was bitten by a poisonous brown recluse spider.... read more »

beauty tips

Posted by poh fang chia on December 29th, 2009 | 4 responses
Not long ago, we had a discussion in our office regarding what you should eat based on your blood type. Suddenly, our lunchtime conversations were seasoned with questions like: “If I’m B positive,... read more »

work of art

Posted by mike wittmer on December 28th, 2009 | 8 responses
Michelangelo had begun what he figured to be his crowning achievement—chiseling marble statues for the tomb of Pope Julius II—when the pope pulled him away for a menial task unworthy of the artist’s... read more »

theology of the small

Posted by winn collier on December 19th, 2009 | no responses
Even though the Super Bowl reigns as the largest US sporting spectacle, the television ads that run during the game have begun to receive almost as much attention as the game itself. Firms spend millions... read more »

bold faith

Posted by winn collier on November 15th, 2009 | 3 responses
Recently, a 6-year-old boy missed his morning bus to school. Determined not to miss his school breakfast or gym class, the tyke grabbed the keys to his parents’ car, crept out of the house as his mother... read more »

a mighty fortress

Posted by k.t. sim on October 21st, 2009 | one response
You might know of Martin Luther as the father of the Reformation and that he translated the whole Bible into German. But what is less known is that Luther was also a composer of 37 hymns. His best-known... read more »

dealing with dragons

Posted by tim gustafson on October 17th, 2009 | one response
The bumper sticker on the road-worn Saab in front of me caused me to laugh out loud.

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup.
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