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Satisfying Hunger

Gabriel Perez was greeting guests during a community outreach when a woman approached in her car. Animated, she yells in his direction. “Where’s Nazari?” came the voice from inside her

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The Hard Work of Loving

As their father lay dying, Jacob used trickery to steal the blessing due his brother Esau. It was the second time he one-upped his older brother, having seized Esau’s birthright

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Exchanging Prison Bars for the Legal Bar

Ronald Palm knew from the onset he couldn’t walk for his graduation from Eastern Illinois University, where he earned summa cum laude honors while completing a degree in interdisciplinary studies.

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Rejection Leads to a Red-Letter Day

“Do you know Red?” came the voice from the other end of Pastor Joyce Smith’s cell phone. “He’s had a stroke, and we found your card in his pocket.” Pastor

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A Light for a World of Darkness

I was convinced it was torture, but then again, what does a little girl from a middle-class American family truly know about such matters? All I knew was that the