One of humanity's quirks is that people actually like to be scared. At least, pretend scared. Kids (and often adults) dress up as ghouls, ghosts, pirates, and their favorite costumed superheros and villains and run around from house to house shouting "Trick of Treat!" and demanding candy. I've always thought Halloween is one of the weirdest holidays:...... >Read More

Tags: becoming a christian, death, faith, faith & spirituality, Halloween, LIFE, life after death, spiritual growth

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Which question would you most like to find an answer to? According to search engine Ask.com (formerly known as Ask Jeeves, which is still its moniker in the UK) the following are the top ten "unanswerable" questions: 1. What is the meaning of life? 2. Is there a God? 3. Do blondes have more fun? 4. What is the best diet? 5. Is there... >Read More

Tags: answers, Ask Jeeves, Culture, darren hewer, faith, Jesus Christ, meaning of life, questions about life, spiritual growth, top 10, who is jesus, World

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When both US president Barack Obama and Catholic Pope Benedict XVI advise you that your plans are a bad idea, that's usually a good sign that you should think twice about what you're doing. Terry Jones would be well advised to listen to their advice. His tiny 30 member group, ironically named the "Dove World Outreach Church" in Gainesville, Florida,...... >Read More

Tags: 9/11, burning of the Qur'an, Culture, faith, Gainsville Florida, healing. victims, hope, obama, Qur'an, reconciliation, spiritual growth, terrorists, World

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A recent Religion News Service headline reports, “Single Adults Want Ministry, Not Sympathy”. According to RNS, singles are “part of a demographic -- men and women of childbearing age without children -- that nearly doubled in 24 years, from 10 percent of the population in 1976 to 19 percent in 2000.”* How can marrieds interact with...... >Read More

Tags: Family, Jesus Christ, relationship, Self, single, singles, spiritual growth, unmarried

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At 19 weeks I gave birth to a little boy.  We named him Jacob.  We said hello and goodbye in the same hour. He is not a miscarriage or an almost-child, he is my son.  This letter was written three years after his birth.  This is a glimpse into my mother’s heart, a letter written to Jacob my son... >Read More

Tags: baby loss, beth scholes, death, faith, Family, family issues, grief, heaven, hope, infant loss, loss of child, miscarriage, sadness, spiritual growth, spirituality, still birth

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At 19 weeks I gave birth to a little boy.  We named him Jacob.  We said hello and goodbye in the same hour. He is not a miscarriage or an almost-child, he is my son.  This letter was written three years after his birth.  This is a glimpse into my mother’s heart, a letter written to Jacob my son... >Read More

Tags: baby loss, beth scholes, challenges & conflicts, death, faith, Family, family issues, FamilyLife Favs, grief, heaven, hope, infant loss, loss of child, miscarriage, sadness, spiritual growth, spirituality, still birth

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