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Eleven years ago our family celebrated Thanksgiving in McDowell County, West Virginia, one of the poorest places in the country. We visited famili...
Our nation's religious and political leaders continually disappoint us with their scandals. At work, many of us are stuck in jobs we don't like follow...
In the past, when I lost my job, the change made me take a hard look at who I was and where I was going. When our kids went off to college, the atmosp...
I believe in a God of miracles. This post by AJ LeVan tells you why. James is a man of great faith. A man who prays fervently - on his knee...
The elephant in the room was that George was self-centered and sometimes ill-mannered. He didn't fit in with the rest of his team. At dinner he would ...
If you look out on the web, you'll find a whole category of bloggers (you know who you are) who are self-appointed "defenders of the truth." Every rel...
What do you do with good news? I'm an "early adopter." When I hear about something that I know will benefit others, I tweet it and talk about it. W...
Where does our sense of justice come from? We all have an innate sense of what's OK and what's not. And it's usually pretty refined. I was on jury ...
Miguel Santiago came to me as a gift - a messy one at 19, to be sure, but a total gift. His youth leader, John Alford, had poured into Miguel until he...
I had my 12 Angry Men moment this past week. Every five years I seem to get a jury summons. In the past I've been able to avoid sitting on a jury by b...
