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College President Faces Cancer with Faith
Steve Hayner, the 66-year-old beloved president of Columbia Theological Seminary, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After tests had revealed that ...
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Cellist Plays During Shelling and Snipers
Steven Galloway's 2008 novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo, tells the following fictional story about the real cellist Vedren Smajlovic. In the novel, ...
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Film 'The Monuments Men' Shows Faithful Service
In the film The Monuments Men, a woman named Claire Simone (played by Cate Blanchett), lives a very ordinary life in Paris under the oppressive Nazi regime. ...
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Gym Memberships and Absentee Members
Every January, millions of Americans, brimming with optimism and a little extra belly from the holidays, commemorate the New Year by making an unfamiliar ...
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J.R.R. Tolkien's 40-year Journey to Excellence
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, did not initially set out to write fantasy novels and create an entire world that he called ...
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What It's Like to "Hit the Wall"
It is common for runners, and athletes in any endurance sport, to "hit the wall" as they push themselves past their comfort level. Here's ...
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Warning Label from Football Helmet Makers
Schutt Sports, a major supplier of football helmets for the National Football League, issues the following warning label on all their helmets and on their ...
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Adversity Made Abraham Lincoln an Effective Leader
The movie Lincoln provides a glimpse into some of the challenges that President Lincoln faced while he was in office. But the level of suffering this ...
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African Leader Sticks to God's Call
In his book Pursuing Justice, Ken Wystma tells the following story about an African Christian leader who has spent years helping some of the most vulnerable ...
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General Grant Displayed Courageous Leadership
Before Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of the Union army, it would venture south into Confederate territory, suffer a defeat, then withdraw northward ...
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