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Faith Focus: Right is greater than rights
Late one frigid winter night, I received one of those heart-dropping-into-your-stomach kind of calls from my son. He had been in an accident.
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Faith Focus: Motherhood like Mary
In one sense, you would assume that she had it easy; her son never backtalked, whined, lied or disobeyed. In another sense, though, she had to have had it very hard; if you mess up while raising a mere human child, no pressure. But can you imagine the pressure of trying to raise the very Son of God?
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Faith Focus: The lure of the easy answers
There is in mankind a craving for simplicity.
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Faith Focus: Small, local churches are the glue holding society together
Glue is such an odd thing, really. Not much is more valuable to society, and yet, it generally goes overlooked.
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Faith Focus: To infinity, and beyond!
If it is possible to be both 55 and a little kid all over again, NASA has achieved that miracle in me over the past week.
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Faith Focus: Teardrops at the tree, triumph at the tomb
It was mist that watered the earth, and a river that watered the garden.
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Faith Focus: Gluttony and laziness are the new sacred cow sins
Sometimes, non-religious people make some pretty accurate assessments of the church world.
Faith Focus: Even God’s dirt is better
A recent death threat from an unhinged internet crackpot, followed up by 26 pages of hateful emails, was pretty unique. While receiving threats in the ministry is not an odd thing at all, this was the first time I ever felt compelled to make the authorities aware.
Faith Focus: Dear Crabby answers your questions
The older ones among us doubtless remember. Back in the day, people would write in to advice columnists who would answer those questions in newspapers around the country.
Faith Focus: Cyrus frees the Jews. The Jews (and America) return the favor
When I awoke to the news that America and Israel had struck Iran, and then shortly afterward learned that the Ayatollah Khamenei was dead, I was almost unable to process my thoughts.
