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When some people smile they can give you the impression that they still are frowning; when others smile, it can seem like their whole face can't contain the
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Just a few days ago I had the opportunity to meet up with a Peace Corps volunteer and fellow blogger, Mike Greer, who has been living and working in a
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Live blogging simply isn't possible for me here in Jordan. As much as I'd like to send out minute by minute reports on what I'
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While it’s only "hump day" in the States, the weekend is just around the corner here in Jordan where the work schedule follows Muhammad’s example rather
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I've decided that a good way of determing whether or not it has been a long day is by comparing the number of timezones crossed with the number
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I walked the city tonight. I walked the city tonight with eyes wide open and wept over what I saw. I went looking for life but saw death and pain
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During an afternoon visit to the National Museum of the United Sates Air Force outside Dayton, OH I was struck with the amazing power of the human spirit. This reminder was brought home even more powerfully as I left Ohio […]
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Why does the Bible simply proclaim, rather than argue and defend, difficult Christian doctrines like the Trinity or the Incarnation? This question has been staring at me all afternoon from the little pocket notebook I carry with me to church. […]
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Joe Kauffman, spokesman for the Terror-Free Oil Initiative, has decided to take a popular water cooler issue head-on by announcing the grand opening of the world's
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In writing, “The real question is: How do you effectively take [your] ideas and convert them to saleable manuscripts?” (xiii) Kathi Macias, journalist, essayist, editor, poet, and author, delivers a
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One unfortunate result of the West's Christian heritage is that those passages of Scripture that the entire culture can claim as part of its intellectual and moral heritage,
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Academic elites of a Western stripe are nearly mad in their obsession with cultural relativism. It has become a mark of distinction, if not one of moral fiber, among these self-styled protectors of thought to outstrip even Derrida and Lyotard […]