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The Word: More important than the sun?
If the sun fizzled out and disappeared, what would happen? Holly Otterbein, from Popular Science, says that within ... Read more
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The Word: Adam blew it
Which of us has not imagined winning the lottery? If you were the lucky winner, and you chose ... Read more
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The Word: The heart of Jesus
In the mid 1670’s, a young French nun named Margaret Alacoque lived in a convent in eastern France. ... Read more
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The Word: ‘The Quiet Man?’
You don’t have to be a history-lover to know that books can only go so far in portraying ... Read more
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The Word: Pray, how often?
On the second floor of a house he built, sat a 93-year-old man, Marty Leuhrs. He was not ... Read more
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The Word: But where are the other three?
While the famous 10 lepers of John, chapter 17, were still on the way to show themselves to ... Read more
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The Word: Lincoln and Lent
On August 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation. “… (W)hen our own beloved country, once, by the ... Read more
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The Word: Of love and revolution
If you search the internet for Lila Rose, you will see immediately that she is a lot of ... Read more
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The Word: ACTS
Early in 1811 a young Frenchman, Jean Vianney, left his convalescent hospital bed to report to the recruiting ... Read more
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The Word: Godliness with contentment
Christmas 1819 did not shape up to be a very relaxing or celebratory feast day for Sister Philippine ... Read more
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The Word: Is quoting the Bible hate speech?
Back on Friday, Sept. 15, there was a news broadcast covering the story of a woman from Finland ... Read more
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The Word: The body of Christ
It was a short climb to the mountain village of O’Cebreiro in Spain. I was hiking a 4-week-long ... Read more
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The Word: Let’s talk about angel guardians
In June 1916, military chaplain Father William Doyle was standing with some of his men in a battle ... Read more
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The Word: Dying Christ’s death
In November 1640, two Jesuit priests trekked forth from their missionary base in Canada to evangelize a native ... Read more
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The Word: A heavenly mother?
Pennsylvania native Esther McCabe was the widowed mother of 11 sons who served in the armed forces in ... Read more
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Brother Max: The Food of the Weary
“My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me.” In this passage taken from Chapter ... Read more
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The Word: Discouragement: To believe a lie
Jans’ proud face crumpled; she put her hands over her eyes and began to cry. “Empty, empty!” she ... Read more
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The Word: The theme of Christ’s message
Born without arms or legs in 1982, Australian Nick Vujicic suffered intensely from bullying and a feeling of ... Read more
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The Word: Our own eleventh hour
We have all heard of deathbed converts, those lucky people who turn to Christ just before death calls ... Read more
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Devotional: Let’s talk about the jewel of Lent
In Padua, Italy, in the late 16th century, university students would sometimes wander the streets after dark, and ... Read more
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The Word — The true test of mettle
By Jan. 23, 2016, British explorer Henry Worsley had traveled 913 miles on foot across Antarctica. He was ... Read more
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The Word — The sign of the Lord
On a July day, several years ago, I was backpacking through the European countryside. The beauty of the ... Read more
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The Word — God’s favorite tool
“There was despair and fear in the soul, misery of every kind in the body, desolation all around. ... Read more
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The Word — Three Marines
On August 6, 1942, U.S. Marines landed in the Solomon Islands, northeast of Australia. Although, over the course ... Read more
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The Word — Can You Still Sing?
Little can compare with traditional Irish folk music for down-to-earth, heel-kicking fun. Some friends of mine had discovered ... Read more
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The Word — Not feeling it
A young lady suffering from the havoc and death of WWII wrote to a friend, “I’m still so ... Read more
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The Word: We have believed in love
Ten years ago this summer, I was in Econe, Switzerland. It was an idyllically beautiful day. The sun ... Read more