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A Word about Applause

You may be an “Apple” person, but you can’t help but feel good about Microsoft’s Bill and Malinda Gates, who through their foundation have given, literally, billions of dollars to provide immunizations to the poorest of children in the world. And it is their belief that ...

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'Tis the Season to be Generous

At Christmas we often sing, “ ’tis the season to be jolly.” Perhaps so, but more significantly, it’s the season to be generous. But not only during a season, but all the time. What does it mean to be generous? Is it always giving money? Is it being liberal in offering ...

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A Word about Revenge

Leke Dukagjini, known as the “angel prince,” was a 15th century ruler of Albania who gave his life to guarantee the continuity of his country’s identity. Most notably are the laws he initiated and enforced. One in particular, to this day, is referenced as the Law of Leke, a law ...

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A Word about "Do-Overs"

If you got to do it all over again, what would you do differently? At the end of his wonderful book, “Life is Mostly Edges,” preaching sage, Calvin Miller, tells this story. “Could I pass this way again I would take seriously a little girl in our church with whom I was hugging ...

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A Word about Morality

Asked to define morality and often times we end up with a list of do’s and don’ts. But whose list should we use and why? Born again Christians in their twenties, according to the book UnChristian are three times more likely to have had sex outside of marriage in the last eighteen ...

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