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The Great Crime: Reflections on Family, Suffering, and the Armenian Genocide (Guest Post)
Read more: The Great Crime: Reflections on Family, Suffering, and the Armenian Genocide (Guest Post)This year on the 24th of April, Armenia remembers the 97th anniversary of the displacing of 250 influential Armenian citizens from the Ottoman capital city in 1915. This event was the pivotal beginnings of what would be later called the Armenian Genocide. During the Genocide, which took place from 1915 to 1923, Turks massacred two…
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A Sonnet for Adam
Read more: A Sonnet for AdamThose must have been the sweetest nights, to meet your sons around the fire and tell firsthand the greatest bedtime stories in the land. When serpents walked (before they lost their feet) and how you named each bird and beast. And when you fell asleep alone but woke up wed, with one less rib and…
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Amazing Grace: The Prisoner’s Anthem
Read more: Amazing Grace: The Prisoner’s AnthemWhen I received news of Chuck Colson’s passing, I was instantly overcome by the grace of God and his relentless desire to save the most wretched people on earth. Chuck Colson was a man transformed by the power of Christ. He entered those prison walls a convicted felon, but he found freedom like nothing on…
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That Time I Almost Became a Muslim
Read more: That Time I Almost Became a MuslimMy friend, Aaron, and I walked into a Mosque on a Sunday afternoon looking for a fight. Or at least I was. Aaron was just being nice by going with me. I was in a class that required me to dialogue with Muslims about their faith and my faith with a slant towards apologetics. As…
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Disabilities and the Church: From Periphery to Center (Guest Post)
Read more: Disabilities and the Church: From Periphery to Center (Guest Post)The day my youngest brother was born was simultaneously incredibly joyful and acutely painful. Being in 5th grade, I was filled with the excitement at the prospect of a new addition to our family, and hopeful for future trips to Disneyland. But all that changed when, upon his birth, the doctors informed us that Daniel…
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Trusting My Caregiver: Reflections on a Miscarriage, and Learning How to Be a Child (Guest Post)
Read more: Trusting My Caregiver: Reflections on a Miscarriage, and Learning How to Be a Child (Guest Post)It’s Friday, 11:20 a.m. and I am so frustrated with my little charge, Giuliana. I just picked her up from school and we are driving back to the house when she asks me what we’re going to do when we get home. I tell her that she can play while I finish up a few…
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Should I Have Babies? A Single Person’s Hopes and Fears
Read more: Should I Have Babies? A Single Person’s Hopes and FearsLast Friday Andrew posted about whether or not he and his wife should have children. As I thought about the issues raised – Is it best to wait? When’s the right time? – I tried to think about the issues from the only perspective I can: singleness. Allow me to be candid for a moment. I always…
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A Word to the Wealthy (That’s You!)
Read more: A Word to the Wealthy (That’s You!)How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God (Luke 18:24-25) So said Jesus to the rich young ruler who, when instructed to…
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Happy Resurrection Day! (Again)
Read more: Happy Resurrection Day! (Again)Last week the Western world of Christianity celebrated Easter. Today is the day that Orthodox Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. Therefore it is worthwhile to celebrate the Resurrection again! (Of course we ought to celebrate Easter every day!). In light of the holiday I’d like to invite you to read some of the previous…