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May 14, 2012

Posted by Today's Conversation on May 14th, 2012 | 4 responses

How does the news affect your spiritually? Positive effects? Negative effects? ... read more »

grace from surprising places

Posted by winn collier on May 10th, 2012 | 7 responses

In June 2011, pro hockey player Gilbert Brule was driving in Vancouver with his girlfriend. As they passed two hitchhikers, Brule blurted out, “That’s Bono!” Brule’s girlfriend wasn’t buying it. “I didn’t... read more »

liberating Lordship

Posted by mike wittmer on May 7th, 2012 | 5 responses

The King’s Speech depicts the surprising rise to power of Prince Albert, who became King George VI of England when his brother Edward abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcée. Albert didn’t want to be king,... read more »

everybody’s doing it

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on May 6th, 2012 | 2 responses

When I joined a popular social media network, it was thrilling to reconnect with friends. We swapped messages and fortified our cyber- connection by joining each other’s causes, comparing quiz results, and exchanging... read more »

flexible

Posted by regina franklin on April 29th, 2012 | 6 responses

With power outages, blown debris, and downed trees, recent storms left their mark around our town. While certainly not the devastation experienced by those enduring more significant and destructive displays of nature’s... read more »

word of God speak

Posted by Jeff Olson on April 28th, 2012 | 7 responses

Last year, as I was driving to church on a Sunday morning, I was in a deep funk. For many reasons, I was experiencing an emotional and spiritual valley. I prayed, trying to tell God where I was emotionally and spiritually,... read more »

the stories we tell

Posted by winn collier on April 27th, 2012 | 3 responses

I’m often disappointed with kids’ Bible story books. They usually paint a sugary picture that presents the Bible as a very safe and manageable book. Often, you get a collection of pithy moralisms that you could get just... read more »

the God who acts

Posted by winn collier on April 14th, 2012 | no responses

Gloria Bentivegna has been a faithful Christian for most of her life, and she raised her son Sal the same way. Sal grew ambivalent about his faith, however. He required physical evidence to believe in God, and so he became... read more »

you choose Q: do our problems always occur for God’s glory?

Posted by an odj community member on April 9th, 2012 | 3 responses

Q: We read of Paul’s thorn-in-the-flesh in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. Does the apostle Paul mean that whenever a born-again Christian experiences a problem (e.g sickness), that it is to the glory of God? —Michael A: We... read more »

loaded questions

Posted by tim gustafson on April 3rd, 2012 | 3 responses

If making your guest squirm uncomfortably is the measure of success, then the TV journalist performed magnificently. Referring to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the reporter asserted to a religious leader: “Either... read more »