The Sequel
After creating a major hit in the box-office, film makers will often ride that wave of success to generate more sequels. Frequently, it’s hard for subsequent films to match the success of the first movie, but it happens …
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Everest Traffic
Who would have thought that we would ever use the expression “traffic jam” in reference to Mount Everest? By now you’ve seen the image of dozens of climbers waiting in a long queue for their moment at the top of the …
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Reaching Out
What sort of gift do you give to the person who has it all? Consider this: What does the God who created the entire universe, and to whom all things belong, still lack? There’s one thing that God deeply desires but does …
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A Meaningful Life
I’ve often wondered what it’s like to play a sport professionally–that is, to have a job doing something that everyone else does for leisure, like playing golf. Or maybe something like being a park ranger, where your job …
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Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a pretty big day of the year, commercially speaking. We’re told that more telephone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. And it’s supposedly the busiest day of the year for …
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People and Places
I have to confess: when I was younger, I occupied myself through numerous church services by looking at the maps in the back of the Bible. Let’s face it: sometimes the maps are more interesting than the sermon! Although …
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Family History
You might be familiar with a few stories from the Old Testament: Noah and the ark, Moses and the Red Sea, David and Goliath, etc. But these are stories about people living in distant lands during a far distant era. Some …
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Were You There?
There’s a familiar old spiritual hymn that asks, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” (Click here for a version recorded by Johnny Cash and the Carter Family.) The truth–and the good news–is that we were not …
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Forgiveness and Healing
One of the unfortunate realities of life is that we find ourselves getting wounded often by others. Some of us have been hurt very deeply by things that others have done to us. Other wounds may not cut so deeply, but the …
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