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Pine Needle HELP Leads Rescuers to Lost Man
Mike Vilhauer just wanted to go fishing. Luck wasn't with him. After wandering a short distance from his route to look for crickets to use as bait, ...
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Drowning People Can't Cry for Help
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, every day about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes ...
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The Weeping Pizza Thief
Shortly after midnight a man entered a Papa John's in Helena, Montana and demanded money. But as the Papa John's employee started to hand over ...
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Oregon Family Loses Direction, Experiences Tragedy
After spending Thanksgiving with family in Seattle, Washington, the Kim family began their long journey back to San Francisco on November 24, 2006. James ...
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Novelist Identifies the Human Condition
On the Bill Moyers PBS special Genesis, panelists from diverse religious backgrounds spoke to the issues raised in the first book of the Bible. After ...
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TV Producer Experiences Misery, Evil
In 1994, Leroy Sievers, producer of the ABC news program Nightline, was sent to document the end of the genocidal campaign in Rwanda, Africa. Looking ...
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Lions Save Kidnapped Girl
Only 12-years-old, and in a moment one Ethiopian girl's world turned into a nightmare. Seven violent men abducted the pre-teen, intending to force ...
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Disabled Woman a Metaphor of the Church
In his book Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey offers a powerful metaphor for the church:
I have a bright, talented, and very funny friend in Seattle ...
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Turtle Rescue Is a Metaphor for Life
Author Barbara Brown Taylor writes:
Several summers ago, I spent three days on a barrier island where loggerhead turtles were laying their eggs. One night ...
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Afflicted Woman Bears Witness to God's Grace
Author and pastor Jim Van Yperen tells this story:
Margaret attended a church I served many years ago. Confined to a wheelchair for most of her adult life, ...
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