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Flight Attendant Serves for Christ's Sake
Author and educator, Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for take off. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. ...
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Why Spy Robert Hanssen Betrayed the U.S.
In SPY: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America, author David Wise tells of his exclusive meetings with Dr. David Charney, ...
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"Monsters, Inc.": Living On the Right Kind of Fuel
Monsters, Inc. is a movie about a monster world that is fueled by fear—literally. The company motto is "We scare because we care." Each day, ...
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Couple Attends Church to Recharge Phone Battery
At a Catholic church in Milan, Italy, a young man and woman from South America entered each day for about a month and sat before a statue of the Madonna. ...
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Winning by Giving
A New Guinea society has a custom called moka by which gifts are given to gain prestige and shame rivals. One legendary moka gift given included several ...
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Willing to Be Corrected
Early in his career, Matt Redman, the popular Christian musician in Britain, was singing with his church's praise band when his pastor confronted ...
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Servanthood Begins When Gratitude Ends
Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York, writes:
Pastors often hear, "I work my fingers to the bone in this church, and ...
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Giving for Tax Purposes
The Disciples were hard at work distributing the food that Jesus had blessed and multiplied to feed the thousands. Peter heard a voice behind him and ...
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Frank Sinatra's Insecurity
Frank Sinatra's daughter, Tina Sinatra, recalls her father's unceasing drive to succeed and make money, even when his health was at risk:
His health ...
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Excuses: Any Will Do?
Zig Ziglar writes:
My brother, the late Judge Ziglar, loved to tell the story of the fellow who went next door to borrow his neighbor's lawnmower. ...
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