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When Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove a car onto the sidewalk on the OSU campus he hit multiple pedestrians and later stabbed several more with a knife. Another student, Armand Ghazi said, “He seemed like he was there for one reason—to do as much damage as he could.” What a perfect…

What are we afraid of? According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll our two greatest fears are a major terrorist attack and someone in our family getting Ebola (71% & 43%). A Gallup poll thinks we are afraid of cybercriminals, 69% worry our credit card information will be stolen while 62% fear they…

In Facing Your Giants, Max Lucado writes, “How long since you ran toward your challenge? We tend to retreat behind a desk of work or crawl into a nightclub of distraction or a bed of forbidden love. For a moment, a day, or a year, we feel safe, insulated, anesthetized, but then the work runs out, the…

In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “Hopelessness and despair can adversely impact the endocrine and immune systems, even hastening death. Conversely, being an optimist may help reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and other causes. A thirty-five-year…

A siesta, or afternoon nap, has been a tradition in some cultures for years. The custom is rarer in the larger cities these days, but in the countryside, the best way to escape the heat is still the siesta. In the small community of Ador, a police officer reads an announcement every afternoon advising…

In his book, Quiet Strength: the Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life, Tony Dungy said he thought his skills and talents were good enough to get him immediately into the NFL. He was disappointed when it did not happen. “I was in shock after not being drafted into the NFL. Something about…

In, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Malcolm Gladwell writes, “Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover they aren’t so tough…

In 2009, Cassandra Phillips launched a one-day conference celebrating failure in high tech world of Silicon Valley. The conference was successful for four years, and now Phillips says her conference isn’t needed any more because failure has become so common in high-tech ventures. In fact, according to…

In the movie Hellboy, a demon is raised by a scientist to be a member of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, which is charged with the defense of the US public against supernatural menaces. The forces of evil kidnap him, his girlfriend, and another agent after killing the scientist who fathered…

Yusuf Alchagirov is an 80-year-old Russia shepherd. While picking raspberries in a field near the Russian border with Georgia he was confronted by a large bear. Yusuf and the bear had a tussle with the shepherd continually head butting the bear. Finally the bear tossed Alchagirov off a cliff. The shepherd…

In his book, Leading on Empty, Wayne Cordoro writes, “Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.” –Jim L. Wilson Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on empty : refilling your tank and renewing your passion. (Minneapolis, Minn: Bethany House, 2009),…

In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt writes, “I am part of a system that has created a whole host of means and methods, plans and strategies for doing church that require little if any power from God. And it’s not just pastors who are involved in this charade. I am…

In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt writes, “Our great need is to fall before an almighty Father day and night and to plead for him to show his radical power in and through us, enabling us to accomplish for his glory what we could never imagine in our own strength.…

This phrase originated with the WWII patriotic song Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer, 1943, by Harold Adamson and Jimmie McHugh, which tells of a damaged warplane, barely able to limp back to base: One of our planes was missing Two hours overdue One of our planes was missing With all its gallant crew…

He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.—John Bunyan Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God. Over time the paths to these…

An uncleansed heart is certainly why many believers battle spiritual weariness and lack God's mountain-moving power. Gary Frizzell, Return to Holiness, p. x

NEW YORK — A famed strongman who once lifted 3,200 pounds at Coney Island during its heyday and was still bending quarters with his fingers at age 104 died Monday after he was hit by a minivan. Joe Rollino was struck as he crossed a major street in Brooklyn, and suffered a broken pelvis, head trauma…

I remember an old story about a little boy who was out helping dad with the yard work. Dad asked him to pick up the rocks in a certain area of the yard. Dad looked over and saw him struggling to pull up a huge rock buried in the dirt. The little boy struggled and struggled while Dad watched. Finally,…

Fathima Rifqa Bary, a Columbus, Ohio teen, found Jesus Christ as her personal savior. When her father discovered the conversion, he threatened to kill her. Bary ran away from home and has resurfaced in Florida where the courts are investigating her case. Some of her family members, who are from Sri Lanka,…

LEADERSHIP In Managing Change to Reduce Resistance, Lila Booth, writes, “A change process must be participatory in order to succeed. People need a chance to express their assessment of the current situation, their hopes and anxieties about the process, their recommendations about how to proceed.” --…

Here is a list of "Murphy's Laws for Churches" (author unknown): Video projectors always work before the class meeting begins. The probability of the preacher tripping over the mike cord is greater on "Bring A Friend" Sunday than any other week. The largest Bible Class will show up when the teacher feels…

Wings of Eagles I like the Albuquerque Zoo because you can walk through it in a couple of hours and see just about everything. We are card-carrying members of the Zoo and go several times a year. The new polar bear exhibit is wonderful. It has a glass side so that you can see the bears underwater. The…

TEMPTATION The little calf on the end of the lasso had his feet firmly planted resisting the tug of the rope. Today Gary Wittmayer would be the "cowboy" who would throw (lay them down) the calves so that the cowboys could vaccinate, brand and make steers out of the young bulls. This was Gary's first…

STRENGTH The threat of war is having a positive impact on soldiers preparing for a possible conflict with Iraq. On a recent Sunday morning, eight young men approached the altar in a canvas church, received blessings from a chaplain, and were baptized in a freshly dug pool. They emerged to applause from…

MIND All of us like to hang on to things that help us remember important moments in lie. We store pictures and letters in boxes, and might even keep a receipt form an important meeting or date. Digital technology has reduced the amount of space required to keep those memories safe. Now we use digital…