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Sep 13, 2010
Lord Mountbatten
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Lord Mountbatten was a decorated British Naval commander. He was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria, and an Allied commander in the South Pacific in World War II. As a little boy, however, the future naval hero was afraid to go to bed in the dark. "It isn’t the dark," he once confided to his father.... Read More + |
Aug 31, 2010
Act Anew
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Dr. Smiley Blanton left college with no intention of being a psychiatrist. He spent three years in drama school, then taught at Cornell University. But two years into teaching, he knew he really wanted to be a doctor. The decision to change careers was not easy.... Read More + |
Oct 19, 2009
Things That Go Bump In the Night
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Embracing fear may just be the key to fully experiencing life now. Gerald May encourages us to embrace our emotions, not suppress them. Read More + |
May 25, 2009
The Call to Courage in a Time of Fear and Doubt
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The word courage has been on my mind for some time now. It is a little game I play in reading magazines, journals, and the newspaper, to keep a lookout for words of significance, and courage has, for me, become one of those words. Sadly, it has not been much in the media recently.... Read More + |
May 19, 2009
If You Are Not Making Mistakes
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“Deb, I just want to know how you did it,” he asked. How I did it? Did what? I had the distinct feeling that whatever I’d done wasn’t good. I was in the corner office of the executive vice president for a mid-sized publishing company—my journalism degree so new that the ink was still drying.... Read More + |
Oct 21, 2008
At Least He Tried
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In August 2006, Fox News featured a television special entitled, "Can Rick Warren Change the World?" The interview focused in part on Warren’s attempt to form a global network of churches. Together they could attack the world's five biggest problems: poverty, disease, illiteracy, spiritual emptiness, and egocentric leadership.... Read More + |
Apr 1, 2008
Reconciliation!
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READ Genesis 33:1-4 Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept. Genesis 33:4 What an extraordinary scene!... Read More + |
Mar 31, 2008
Wrestling with God
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READ Genesis 32:24-32 This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break. Genesis 32:24 What an extraordinary story!... Read More + |
Mar 30, 2008
Pray Toward Heaven and Row Toward Shore
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READ Genesis 32:13-23 Jacob stayed where he was for the night.... Read More + |
Mar 29, 2008
Standing on the Promises of God
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READ Genesis 32:1-12 "O LORD, please rescue me from the hand of my brother, Esau. I am afraid that he is coming to attack me, along with my wives and children.... Read More + |
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