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Monthly Archives: "May 2007"

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Lucky $2 Bill, Part I

May 30, 2007 |

By Jeff Goins, Editor Introduction: About six months ago, I moved to Nashville. I spent all of my savings on a 1990 Buick Century. To make ends meet, I had to get rid of some...

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By Jimmy McCarty There is a story from Kerala, India that I must share. While we were there we were blessed with the opportunity to serve in a leper colony with over 100 lepers. One...

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God Is a Rescuer

May 30, 2007 |

By Kari Miller And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 1 John 4: 16 Life...

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Trusting Your Will

May 30, 2007 |

By BrittanyJoy The swift movement of a Ugandan male caught by eye as I walked out of class, annoyed by the treatment I had received from a room of men who believe that a woman...

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Under the Tarp

May 30, 2007 |

By Annie Bower Vilanculos, Mozambique Last night the temperature dropped and I was barely warm enough in my sleeping bag, liner, and tent. As we ate breakfast, we complained about the cool temperatures. I had...

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By Josh Casper To see such beauty and light in the forgotten places of the world, I learned why Shane Claiborne calls Philadelphia his Calcutta. Though my eyes have yet to see the slums of...

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Will The World Listen?

May 23, 2007 |

By Amanda Petersen NUMBER OF SLAVES WORLDWIDE:       27 MILLION PERCENTAGE OF SLAVES WHO ARE CHILDREN:     50 PERCENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAFFICKED EACH YEAR:     1 MILLION NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAFFICKED THROUGH THE USA EACH YEAR:   20...

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All in a Day’s Work

May 23, 2007 |

By Stephanie Fisk The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to...

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Abet

May 23, 2007 |

By Cliff Favro Rivera “I want to pursue my principles of serving others, of strengthening this kind of commitment, and this I could only do by leaving the comforts of my home to take part...

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Got Friends?

May 22, 2007 |

By Kristyn Komarnicki As one who thrives on community in all its marvelous and messy manifestations, I was not aware until one evening a few years ago of the extent to which many people have...

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