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Monthly Archives: "November 2007"

By Jimmy McCarty Of all the things said about Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre, the one that stood out to me the most was the fact that he was a loner....

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By Chad Mast Somewhere in China. “After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to...

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By Karen Swank I am a mom. This has been one of the most important essential truths about me since just before 4 a.m. on the last day in January of 1985, when my daughter...

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Bok Choy and Community, Pt. 2

November 28, 2007 |

By Mariah Secrest Continued from Bok Choy and Community No matter how resigned we are to taking care of ourselves, the pride of self-satisfaction is little match for the joy potential of lovingly supportive relationships....

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By Meredith Dinsdale This poem is, for me, an extension of Psalm 139 which covers how intimately the Lord knows us, for he created us, and how he waits over us as we become fully...

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Drinking, Drugs, and God’s Love

November 21, 2007 |

By Meredith Dinsdale “Tell her she’s precious.” “Precious? Are you kidding me?! No one says that word anymore.” “Yes, precious.” “Okay. Fine. God.” I was praying for my friend when this word came to my...

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Afterthoughts on the Altar

November 21, 2007 |

By Holly Pritchett I am not at all like my Jesus. My worship has been convenient, slight. Ephemeral and immaterial–a good girl with a limited glory. No–my Jesus is GLORY. He stands at the threshold...

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Bok Choy and Community

November 21, 2007 |

By Mariah Secrest My drummer Nick is a swell guy. He let me wear his t-shirts when we performed in prisons because I only had cute little girly shirts and his shirts swallowed me, which...

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Her Name Is Si.

November 21, 2007 |

By Amanda Dums From Thailand. Her legs cross as we walk by. I notice her and wonder at her sullen stare, but pass on with the rest of my group into the bar complex of...

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A Thank-You from Amanda

November 21, 2007 |

By Amanda Petersen In July, you helped us send one of our editors to Thailand to bring hope to prostitutes in the sex industry. Amanda spent a few months there, befriending the young girls and...

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