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Yum Yums for the American Goldfinch Tum Tum
I was supposed to be researching who-knows-what when my wandering eyes turned the page to the American goldfinch. words + photographs JULIE JOHNSON They fly as though they are chasing a…
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Calling, Commitment, and Cambodia
LOOKING AT THE FIELDS Working alongside her father in the Kansas wheatfields was a daily chore for my wife, Carmen, during her childhood. When she was 13, riding in the family…
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For God So Loved The World
I don’t even recall my life before John 3:16, just like I don’t recall my life before helping with family chores or before my deep infatuation with ice cream. The fact…
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Mental Health for Each of Us
We appreciate the time taken by Joann Weston, MA, LPC, a licensed, professional counselor at Eaglecrest Counseling Center in Springfield, Missouri, to help us begin a conversation about mental health, as…
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Jennifer Harrison Searches for Answers in Grief
Prayer. It seems like the catch-all sometimes, the easy response. “I’ll pray for you.” But what happens when you pray, yet don’t receive the answer you desire? In 2009, I prayed…
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