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Posted by an odj community member on June 12th, 2013 | 3 responses

Q: Why is it that everything in life seems to go wrong when a Christian tries to live according to the Word? Examples: faithful wives, loving, sacrificing moms who have husbands cheat . . . children call only when they need... read more »

dethroned

Posted by roxanne robbins on June 12th, 2013 | one response

Muammar Gaddafi, Africa’s longest-reigning head of state, used to pitch his infamous luxury tent at the end of my street whenever he was in Uganda for Africa Union Summit meetings. My son and I would attempt to count the... read more »

not leaving

Posted by pohfangchia on June 10th, 2013 | 6 responses

I am just 3 months into my elected role as youth deaconess in the local church that I attend, and I’ve already received three requests from people who want to step down from serving. A few have simply gone MIA (missing in... read more »

arrogance and ingratitude

Posted by mike wittmer on June 3rd, 2013 | 3 responses

Fabiola Gianotti led one of two teams that discovered the Higgs boson, the most exciting feat of modern physics. Her team used a $10 billion particle accelerator to crash protons into each other at nearly the speed of light.... read more »

one before the other

Posted by winn collier on May 31st, 2013 | 2 responses

The question I felt needed to be answered affirmatively before I married Miska was this: Can I live without her? My intentions were romantic and chivalrous, but my focus was dead wrong. I discovered that there was probably... read more »

knowing our place

Posted by tom felten on May 22nd, 2013 | 9 responses

I recently read of a man who started a church and saw it grow and flourish over the years. But unlike some pastors whose fingers have to be pried from the pulpit, this man began grooming a younger man to take over his... read more »

whose will?

Posted by marvin williams on April 23rd, 2013 | 10 responses

Generation Ex-Christian is a book about younger believers leaving Christianity. Drew Dyck, the author of the book, chronicles one interview he had with a young man who left Christianity to join the Wiccans: “Ultimately why... read more »

the critical move

Posted by Jeff Olson on April 22nd, 2013 | 8 responses

Mystery novelist Agatha Christie once suggested that the best way to tell a story that will leave an audience guessing to the end is to conceal the “critical move” with a “big move.” A mysterious movie that stumped... read more »

true freedom

Posted by pohfangchia on March 30th, 2013 | 4 responses

Many countries annually exercise their freedom to literally change time. I experienced this timely change when I was in the US a few years ago. During my visit in the spring, I witnessed Daylight Savings Time—a national... read more »

java gods

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on March 22nd, 2013 | 2 responses

Recently, coffee drinkers in Helsinki, Finland, could visit a café called Kauko for a free cup of coffee. Sipping java at the Kauko coffee shop meant, however, that they were at the mercy of Internet users who controlled... read more »