Refueled for Life
This is the story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries
I was on top of the world - or so I thought. In my second year at the University of New Brunswick, I was the president of Harrison House, a men’s dorm. I was also captain of a successful intercollegiate sports team and I was dating a lot of girls.
Yet, when I went...
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What Gives Life Meaning After the First Million?
Profile on: Rob LaMorte, owner of investment consulting company Behavioral Economics, Inc.
Becoming a millionaire by age 35 and then retiring pretty much sums up the American dream for many young entrepreneurs. However, what do you do for a second act? And what gives your life meaning once the quest for financial security and personal fulfillment...
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Even Success Doesn't Make You Invincible
Profile on: Ed Bjurstrom, Vice President of Engineering for Amgen, the largest biotechnology firm in the world
As the vice president of engineering for Amgen, the largest biotechnology firm in the world, Ed Bjurstrom has reached the pinnacle of his career. When he started out at Amgen a mere 15 years ago, the fledgling company was barely getting...
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A Life or Death Decision
Profile: Kerry Bradley, COO, Luxottica Retail (includes Lenscrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Sears and more)
If you were crossing your college campus on a beautiful, sunny day and saw a young student staring off into space as he whiled away the afternoon on a park bench, probably the last thing you’d assume he was thinking about was suicide....
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Seeking Enlightenment outside of Success
Profile on: Karen Faith Heller, Co-owner of CogMotion, a software technology firm
Having grown up in a traditional Jewish family with several relatives who had suffered “in the name of Jesus” during the Holocaust, it’s no surprise that Karen Faith Heller wasn’t too keen on Christianity.
“Jesus is okay for everybody else, but we have...
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Things Always Happen for a Reason
Profile on: Terry LaMorte
“Things always happen for a reason.” That’s what Terry LaMorte’s mother used to tell her when she was growing up. Although Terry and her mother have sometimes had a difficult time seeing eye-to-eye, today, Terry could not agree with her mother more.
Religious background
Until around age 30, Terry would not...
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Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a 4 part series - Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
The appearances
Most scholars agree that, even though there is interdependence between much of the gospel accounts, the appearance accounts are independent of one another. The evidence from five independent historical sources indicates that on 12 separate occasions various...
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