Though he was born without arms and legs, Nick Vujicic didn’t give up hope. Today his story is inspiring people all over the world. Skip to about 1:40 in this video to get to the heart of Nick’s message. Inspiratie nodig? Nick Vujicic — YouTube.
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St Paul’s Cathedral canon resigns
guardian: “I resigned because I believe that the chapter has set on a course of action that could mean there will be violence in the name of the church.” The canon chancellor of St Paul’s Catherdral, Dr Giles Fraser, on his resignation in protest at plans to forcibly remove demonstrators from its steps Think what you will of […]
Interviews with Interesting People: Cara Ballard
Ms. Cara Ballard is a writer, fashionista and incredibly sassy tweet-smith. In addition to being a fashion maven, Cara is also a pop culture diva and Pete Yorn aficionado.
The Shadow of Death
For most Christians, Psalm 23 is one of those things that is just part of your vocabulary. Like “Our Father” or “Glory Be,” the words of this Psalm are more or less second nature.
Simple Things
I opened my eyes and looked down and Steve was holding the door for me, grinning to himself. I have no idea how long he had been holding it, though it was probably only a couple seconds, long enough to cause him to smile at my basking in the open air. via So, Steve Jobs has left his […]
Steven
While people I should have loved enough to help suffered, I was having too good a time to notice.
A Good Thing
In a marriage, you begin to understand your partner’s true self. You see the person they’re longing to be.
‘A whole lot of God’
Over the course of nine years and thousands of personal interviews, Macel Ely came to know the lives and stories of the Appalachian mountain people.
Thomas the Believer
Jesus was dead. Anyone who said otherwise was either crazy or lying. Thomas had no desire to waste time entertaining the tales of hysterical women or deluded men. Jesus was dead and all the wishful thinking in the world wasn’t changing that. Ridiculous chatter about visions in gardens and visits from the master only made […]
Oh, Momma!
This past Sunday was Mother’s Day. I know, I know. Old news. At least I hope it’s old news. You didn’t forget, did you? Anyway. The Mother’s Day holiday put me in mind of some of my favorite literary mothers. And I thought I’d share a few with you.
