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highly contagious

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on May 17th, 2012 | 9 responses

I rolled up my sleeve and looked away. The injection of immunoglobulin was going to sting, and I knew it. I knew, however, that it could prevent a battle with Hepatitis A. One of my family members had been exposed to the... read more »

meaning of life

Posted by sheridan voysey on May 15th, 2012 | 7 responses

“The meaning of your life is the meaning you give it,” writes philosopher A. C. Grayling in his book Thinking of Answers. He suggests trying to create meaning in our lives through the pursuit of relationships and... read more »

these are our children

Posted by marvin williams on April 27th, 2012 | one response

Today, as we were being briefed about all the work Compassion is doing in Kenya and other parts of the world, I realized for the first time that I was part of something much bigger than I had anticipated. God is using... read more »

how could she?

Posted by roxanne robbins on April 23rd, 2012 | 6 responses

My little Ugandan neighbors, Joshua (age 10), Mirika (age 8), Ashaba (age 7), and Katseme (age 4), have had a difficult life. One day the police showed up at their small house and—in front of the children—tore off their... read more »

good-bye egypt

Posted by pohfangchia on April 21st, 2012 | 3 responses

The Hebrews’ life was literally changed overnight. For generations they had been slaves in Egypt—born as slaves, raised as slaves, and died as slaves. It was beyond their wildest imagination that they would ever be set... read more »

spirit-wind

Posted by winn collier on April 20th, 2012 | 10 responses

Soon after a tornado disaster in the US, I saw aerial photographs of its path. Entire neighborhoods were flattened. From the high angle of the photographer’s shot, all of the wood and debris looked like scattered,... read more »

through or over?

Posted by an odj community member on April 17th, 2012 | 3 responses

—copy and design submitted by Terry and Pat Lampel, US ... 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 »

opportunity

Posted by mike wittmer on April 11th, 2012 | 5 responses

A cave-in left 33 men trapped deep underground in a copper and gold mine in northern Chile. The men battled despair during the initial hours, when dust from the collapse choked their lungs and cloaked the mine in darkness.... 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 »