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March 5, 2012

Posted by Today's Conversation on March 5th, 2012 | 4 responses

What does it mean for you to “be very careful to love the Lord your God” (Joshua 23:11)? ... read more »

beyond understanding

Posted by K. T. Sim on March 5th, 2012 | 7 responses

A father was trying to explain to his 5-year-old daughter how she could see and speak with her mother using a smartphone. He tried his best to explain how technology had put her mother inside the phone but to no avail.... read more »

splendor in the mundane

Posted by sheridan voysey on March 4th, 2012 | 4 responses

Sometimes life is tedious. While self-help books promise endless passion for life and the mystics promise endless ecstasy, the reality is that many of our days are simply mundane. And they need to be. There are clothes to... read more »

one thing

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on March 3rd, 2012 | 15 responses

My friend Cha-Lisa threw away her to-do list— for good. During the weeks leading up to her decision, she and I had talked about feeling trapped by the never-ending inventory of tasks. Cha-Lisa said, “Get one thing done,... read more »

before their time

Posted by Jeff Olson on March 2nd, 2012 | 4 responses

Last year I said goodbye to a friend from my high school years. David, who struggled with physical challenges his entire life, was just 50 years old when kidney failure took him. Why do some people die seemingly before their... read more »

rejoicing in thorns

Posted by marvin williams on March 1st, 2012 | 4 responses

Amy McDonaugh, a 34-year-old mother of three who is completely blind in her right eye and has severely impaired vision in her left eye, fought off 1,775 competitors to win the Flying Pig Marathon—a popular and enjoyable... read more »

families

Posted by an odj community member on February 29th, 2012 | 2 responses

We thank and praise God for our families, on whom, we know His blessings are released; whether with many or without children, all families are interdependent. Men of their own homes. husbands and fathers are, doing much more... read more »

communing with God

Posted by an odj community member on February 29th, 2012 | no responses

Matthew 18:11: I, the Son of Man, have come to save the lost. Have you ever thought of yourself as a “that”? Christians tend to think that Christ was sent to earth by His Father for the sole purpose of saving... read more »

free solo

Posted by tim gustafson on February 29th, 2012 | 4 responses

A recent article in National Geographic Magazine published remarkable images of climbers as they scaled the sheer rock face of Yosemite’s 2,916- ft. (889 meters) El Capitan. Astonishingly, some of the climbers make... read more »

developing godly character

Posted by an odj community member on February 27th, 2012 | no responses

Romans 5:1-4: Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of... read more »