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Dishing Out What She’s Learned

After graduation, S.A.Y. Yes! student Gloria was motivated to give back in profound ways, including volunteering to teach a culinary class.

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Book Bag Powers Up a Student’s Faith

Noah stood next to the megachurch pastors, his 13-year-old face aglow under the canopy of evening stars, as he waited to enter the baptismal waters. It was a rare moment

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Are We Living the Normal Christian Life?

If you were to define the basics of the Christian life and what makes a person a follower of Christ, what would you say? What attitudes and actions would characterize

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Reading Between the Lines

Jerry and Regina were determined to see their two young daughters turn the page when it came to mastering their ABCs but it was clear they were struggling. Despite Alyssa

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Bypassing the Neutral Zone

Hopefully, you enjoyed a joyful celebration of our Lord’s death and resurrection with family and friends. Now that the brightly colored eggs, jelly beans and chocolate bunnies are eaten, I

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The Amazing Grace of Perseverance

William Wilberforce lay sick in bed, a serious illness keeping him from his duties as a member of England’s Parliament. Just a year earlier, Wilberforce, a newly converted Christian, entered