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Thursday, February 28, 2013

American Teens Hold Deistic Beliefs

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Researchers with the National Study of Youth and Religion at the University of North Carolina interviewed more than 3,000 teenagers about th...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Comparison: Too Much House

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Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity held a workshop at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Seeking: Karma or Grace?

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In the book Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assaya , the lead singer and songwriter for the rock group U2 discusses the radical implicatio...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Accepting Challenges

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The highly regarded HBO miniseries Band of Brothers follows a company of U.S. paratroopers through the preparation and experience of invad...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Priorities: What Now, Raymond?

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After nine seasons, the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond broadcast its final episode in May 2005. Due to the series, the star, Ray Rom...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Coach Carter

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Set-up: The film is the true story of Ken Carter (portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson), a successful sporting goods store owner, who in 1999 bec...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Focus

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My eight-year-old daughter Ananya was about to do her homework, but her mind was elsewhere. She sharpened her pencils. She arranged the eras...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Souls for Sale

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Salon.com reports that 18-year-old Sterling Jones "put his soul up for auction on eBay". Within a few days, eBay removed Jones...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Steve Martin on Criticism

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"Before you critici s e a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticise him, you'll be a mile away and have his s...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Gossip-free Beauty Parlour

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Determined to defy the belief that juicy conversation is as common as hairdryers in a beauty shop, Mildred Fister's beauty parlour in Je...
Monday, February 18, 2013

CEO's Toughest Question

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60 Minutes reporter Dan Rather interviewed Jack Welch, the outspoken former CEO of General Electric and author of a new book called Winning....
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Memorable Lines

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Erasing Guilty Memories In the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , a young couple deals with painful memories by turning to a com...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Ray

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Set-up: The late pianist, singer, and composer Ray Charles is the subject of this award-winning biographical film. Staring Jamie Foxx, Ray ...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Whitewashed Tombs

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The Queen Mary was the largest ship to cross the oceans when it was launched in 1936. Through four decades and a World War she served until ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Bumper Sticker Hypocrisy

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A police officer pulled a driver aside and asked for his license and registration. "What's wrong, officer?" the driver asked. ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Faulty Clock Turns Village Upside Down

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There is an old tale of a village that bought a fancy tower clock. Some time after it was installed, a visitor to the town discovered that a...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Ghorbandordi’s story

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Ghorbandordi Tourani was born in 1952 to a Turkmen family in the city of Gonbade Kavous in Iran (a town east of the Caspian Sea). He was one...
Monday, February 11, 2013

The Life Saving Station

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Theodore Wedel told the story of A Crude Lifesaving Station On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur there was once a crude lit...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Rosa Park’s Words

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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed, I suppose. They placed me under arrest. And I wasn't...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

NASCAR Crew Chief Makes Important Decision

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It was a small adjustment that could make a big difference. Sure, it was against NASCAR rules, but almost everyone else was doing it. So cre...
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