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She Was So Stubborn That It Took Her 10 Years Before Finally Making A Decision To Follow Jesus

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489SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I moved to Kunming, when I was 18 years old. I bought a one way ticket from America, immersed myself in the culture and language of China, and traversed thousands of miles across the nation to share the message of salvation with forgotten tribes. Every weekend I would jump on an overnight sleeper bus…

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These Beggars Are Bothersome

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169SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The beggars have really been bothering me lately. They always put me in a public spectacle, testing my generosity and Christian concern. They make me think long and hard about injustice and poverty. And the longer I think, the less solutions I come up with. Sometimes I see them from a distance, and cross…

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My Other Me’s

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64SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List In the alternate universes that I wish I believed in, life might be so different for my other me’s. The television show Fringe makes me thoughtful. I think about what my alternate self ponders. I wonder what my “Walternate” is like. Is he more secure than I am? Is he happy with the life…

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Tragic Joy

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165SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Yesterday I saw a photo of my wife just after she had undergone surgery. She was leaning on my shoulder as I helped her walk back from the bathroom to her hospital bed. I leaned into the photo. She was grimacing in excruciating pain. As I stared at the image, all the emotions of…

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