Alive, Really Alive
Story told by David MacLean, as told to Laurie Wang
At the unripe age of nine, I was necking girls.
Looking back as a husband and father, I could see I was going down a dangerous road at such a young age. That same year, my mom died of a heart attack. At that time, my sister was 20 and my... >Read More
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Adventures in 3D
Some time ago, National Geographic produced an issue of their magazine which caught my attention.
There were two articles, one on the Planet Mars and one on the Titanic, which were designed so that you needed 3D glasses to view the pictures. Without the glasses the pictures looked out of focus and all a blur. With the glasses the images... >Read More
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In Control
I went through life by always having to be in control; being in charge. I was the disciplinarian at home and was the one who did all the "grounding".
When it came to my job, I'd be the one to organize and get social events happening. If there was a party or a function to plan - get Donna Leah... >Read More
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Looking for Rest
On September 3, 1992, my 27 year-old son was killed in a motorcycle accident while coming home from work.
He left behind a young wife, a 7 month-old daughter and a family shattered and broken. In the early days following the death of my son, my grief was unbearable. Many times, I confronted God asking "Why? Why? What good can... >Read More
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Phan Thi Kim Phuc
This is the story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries.
Born: Trang Bang, South Vietnam, 1963
It is a photograph that few are likely to forget. A little girl, her clothes seared from her body by a Napalm bomb, runs screaming from her burning village. Her arms are outstretched in terror and pain.
For many, this photograph...... >Read More
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An Uncanny Calm: Facing the fear of cancer
“Yes, the tumor is definitely cancer."
This news from my husband's neurosurgeon should have shaken my world, but I felt an uncanny calm.
But I was not always this way… just two months before, I had been an emotional basket case. Not only had we just learned that my husband had an inoperable brain tumor of uncertain pathology, but my mother...... >Read More
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How Can I Have Faith After Losing My Son? I was angry at God
I have never been a big fan of the "paste a smile on and pretend it's okay" club.
In my case it was months after my son, Noah's, death that I began to feel angry. I had to return to work and the crushing unfairness of it all began to sink in. I used to think that people of true... >Read More
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I Want my Baby Back
I wanted my life to go back to normal, but nothing could... >more
Finding the Real Me
From a young age I struggled with a lack of sexual identity.
I... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)