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How to Effect Change
It's hard to effect change unless people feel a compelling need to change.
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Learning the Hard Way
If you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched upbringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of ...
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Fortunately, the Hut Burned Down
A ship was wrecked, and the only survivor washed up on a small uninhabited island. He was exhausted. He cried out to God to save him. Every day he scanned ...
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Practice Makes Perfect
What was Christ doing in the carpenter's shop? Practicing. Though perfect, we read that he learned obedience and grew in wisdom and in favor with ...
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Curious Alchemy
I can see that Jesus drew men and women into the Kingdom by promising them two things: first, trouble--hardship, danger; and second, joy. But what curious ...
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No Surprises
Remember Holiday Inn's ad a few years back? "The best surprise is no surprise at all." It was their promise that if you visit some new place, ...
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Faith Is Not Shelter
Faith is not shelter against difficulties, but belief in the face of all contradictions.
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Parenting: Always a Surprise
Sometimes parenting can be like bungee jumping: you don't know what will happen until you reach the end of your rope!
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Hallelujah from the Depths
When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus," his health and his fortunes had reached the lowest possible ebb. His right side had become paralyzed, ...
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Lincoln: Thankful Despite Trials
A man whom many believe was the greatest American president is a good example. When he was 7 years of age, his family was forced out of their home, and ...
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