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A Babe: Born Behind Bars
A Babe: Born Behind Bars
Christmas in jail: a sad time, mothers longing for their children, crying themselves to sleep at night in shame and self contempt. Carole has a special...
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December 2007
Jesus' Hand Will Touch You, Too

The old guy at the corner hasn’t seen him. The woman selling the figs hasn’t either. Jesus described him to the scribes at the gate and the kids in the courtyard. “He’s about t...
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Inspire Giving!

James Cash Penney, famous for his “Golden Rule” stores known today as the J. C. Penney Company, spent much of his lifetime giving his wealth away to organizations such 4-H and Junior Achie...
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A Babe: Born Behind Bars

Christmas in jail: a sad time, mothers longing for their children, crying themselves to sleep at night in shame and self contempt. Carole has a special joy each week.  She is searched, passes thr...
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Noëlle

Father Jonathan Keene, a Robert Redford-looking church killer, arrives in Cape Cod to end the life of a local congregation that the Catholic authorities deem no longer profitable. He is a conflicted p...
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Notes from the Editor

I read and hear so many ways to “celebrate Christmas.” As songs, sermons, TV shows and cards pass across my life so do their ways of ‘touching true meaning.’Let’s look at...
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Christmas: It's the Most Wonderful time of the Year!

It’s the “most wonderful time of the year!”  We hear it often during the holidays, but what does it mean? Why is this time so wonderful? Is it the hustle of getting perfect gift...
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Keep Holiday Credit in Check

Christmas is around the corner, tempting us to put gifts and extra expenses on credit cards. Buying on credit can be a great convenience when we are temporarily short of cash, which is often the case ...
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Spotlight Burma

This letter is from a friend who lives near and loves the country.  We often read the headlines and forget what they mean to brothers and sisters in Christ.  From time to time we do not publ...
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An Unusual Christmas Poem

Had I missed the spirit – again?

those poems served first of all

as a reminder to me

(caught up in the busy season)

of what Christmas is all about.

 

I had always written about God,

...
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Magic

The child climbed up into his mother’s lap.

“Is there really magic?”

“Nay, not if you mean strange-sounding words and whirling dances.”

The child’s eyes looked d...
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Bring it!

Bring It Question: I’m lost. My Dad died a few months ago. Since then I’ve moved out of the home I was raised in. I’m not working, and I can’t seem to finish school. I struggle...
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