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Deferred Dreams
During my freshman year at Republic High School (Missouri), I filled out a career questionnaire, the kind that helps you determine what your future career might look like based on the…
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He Leadeth Me
From the time I was a child, the story of Abraham and Isaac used to bother me. I would read and reread the story over and over again, searching for something…
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Move That Barrier
We have all heard the saying, “Change is hard!” I really dislike that saying, because truth be told, change isn’t hard at all. In fact, change is really quite easy. It’s…
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The First 30 Seconds
Steve Donaldson is the director of Rural Compassion and co-founder of Convoy of Hope. I met him in 2018 at The Global Leadership Summit. Rural Compassion had been invited as a…
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Stretched
The call came late, so I listened to the message the next morning. Three sisters, ages 9, 14, and 15, were currently staying in a group home. Finding a foster home…
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My Pea-pickin’ heart
At the start of elementary school, my family lived in Minnesota, close to the Twin Cities. You could say Prince and I were practically neighbors. #80sGirl Mary Hefner – neighbor lady,…
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