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mistaken identity update

Posted by tom felten on May 18th, 2010 | one response
Take a few minutes to watch an inspiring update from Van Ryn and Cerak families which aired this morning on TV. Don, Susie, and Lisa Van Ryn are dear friends. Their faith in God has inspired and challenged me as... read more »

the kingdom of things

Posted by sheridan voysey on May 7th, 2010 | 12 responses
Since 1993, sales of luxury cars in my country— Australia—have doubled. Since the 1950s, Australian homes have doubled in size, yet the average family has decreased by a third. We’ve been on a pilgrimage to... read more »

seeing it

Posted by mike wittmer on December 5th, 2009 | 4 responses
Imagination sets the horizons of life, for it opens up what’s possible. People who lack imagination are unprepared to face their future. The United States was blindsided on 9/11 because we couldn’t imagine that... read more »

what we wear

Posted by tom felten on October 23rd, 2009 | 2 responses
I once knew a guy who liked to say, “The clothes make the man.” He dressed impeccably and enjoyed strutting into meetings in his fine-tailored trappings. Sadly, his personal and professional life later... read more »

the garden city

Posted by K. T. Sim on October 11th, 2009 | no responses
Singapore is a tiny tropical island of just under 640 square kilometers. Despite its soaring skyscrapers, it remains one of the cleanest and greenest cities in the world. Visitors find out quickly why Singapore is known as... read more »

borrow me

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on September 15th, 2009 | 2 responses
The Malmö Library in Sweden has allowed its patrons to borrow live human beings, instead of just books. The Living Library project featured nine people including an iman, a gypsy, and a journalist. Library members could... read more »

maranatha

Posted by mike wittmer on August 29th, 2009 | no responses
My children were so excited about their cousins coming over that they rode their bikes to the end of our road in anticipation of their arrival. As I watched them stand sentinel at the top of our hill, ready to escort their... read more »

the story ends well

Posted by winn collier on August 9th, 2009 | 6 responses
Randy Pausch was a respected professor at Carnegie Mellon University when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006. Pausch fought hard, but the cancer spread ferociously. A month after he was told he had 6 to 9 months... read more »

the future is now (partly)

Posted by winn collier on July 30th, 2009 | 3 responses
Bafaluto, a small village of three hundred in Gambia, was barely surviving. Without access to clean water, the entire population was stuck in a cycle of abject poverty, relentless disease, and hunger—until Brian... read more »

what you ain't got

Posted by tim gustafson on July 21st, 2009 | one response
Harrison Ford’s career embodies success. His movies have earned more than $6 billion (US). But in a recent interview, Ford made this profound, albeit ungrammatical comment: “You only want what you ain’t... read more »
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