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By Dylan Pahman
“O Lord … you made us for yourself and our heart is restless, until it rests in you.” -St. Augustine
After the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel to outer space in 1961, Nikita Khrushchev remarked, “Gagarin flew into space, but didn’t see any god there.” The Soviets would not pass up an opportunity to…
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By Joseph Sunde
Saying “yes” to family involves plenty of love and sacrifice, yet this tends to play out not in grand gestures, but through mundane, everyday struggles. Saying “yes” to family means loving, encouraging, and blessing each and every day — and not just with our kids or parents, brothers or sisters.
It means pouring into our…
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I first met Karl Fisher, founder of Alabaster Coffee Roaster + Tea Company, while dancing in a hotel lobby with a handful of college kids. It was during the annual Jubilee conference in Pittsburgh. Having made a glorious fool of myself, I looked over to see his face curiously peering from around a booth. We chatted a bit, and then a bit more over…
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By Joseph Sunde
Amid the array of quaint and compelling Christmas tales, O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” continues to endure as a uniquely captivating portrait of the power of sacrificial love.
On the day before Christmas, Della longs to buy a present for her husband, Jim, restlessly counting and recounting her measly $1.87 before surrendering…
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Hello Strangers and Friends!
Today is #GivingTuesday. As we focus today on being generous to those we love and care about, we thought this would be the perfect day to kick off another campaign to share For the Life of the World with your family, friends, and co-workers.
From now until Christmas, when you purchase a copy of the film series, we’ll…
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When the dead body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed ashore last September, the years-long Syrian Civil War struck a nerve across the West, giving a face to the nearly 4 million people who have fled the country for their lives.
Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, more than 200,000 combatants and noncombatants have been killed, including…
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