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Story Harvest

Losing Control

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I recently lost my mother to cancer, and since then, I feel the most comfortable when I rely solely on myself to control my life. …

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Purrfect Peace

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That chilly November Thursday began with the all too familiar beep, beep, beep of my alarm clock. Like every other day, I groggily woke up, …

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Beautiful Spectrum

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They say that color is subjective; it really is. Humans are only able to distinguish a fragment of the spectrum, and dogs even less. So …

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Do You Love Me?

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I was in my very first days as a minister when my senior pastor asked me one Sabbath morning to visit someone who had called …

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Absent-Minded

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When Rudy, our firstborn, started college, I knew it was apron-string-cutting time, even though he still lived at home. But it wasn’t easy to do, …

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The Price of Compassion

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Have you ever thought about what has protected humanity from being destroyed? Maybe your first thought is love. But it is through compassionate acts that people …

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Trust in Him

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The doctor’s words thundered in my ears as I trudged across the gravel road. “Your days of driving your car are over—you have to stop …

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Learning to Forgive

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Five years ago, I got the opportunity to travel to Guatemala with some of my classmates. Thrilled, I raised the required money, doubled my efforts …

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