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Carried Within

In 2012, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published a stunning finding. During pregnancy, cells from the developing baby cross the placental barrier...

Universalidentity

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Undragoned

In C.S. Lewis's *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, a boy named Eustace Scrubb becomes a dragon. His greed and selfishness have literally reshaped him...

Universaltransformation

227 words

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Alone in the Hallway

On June 12, 2011, the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Championship, defeating the Miami Heat in six games. After thirteen years of being told he...

Universalhumility

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The Mechanic Who Posted His Prices on the Wall

For twenty-three years, Ray Gutierrez ran a one-bay garage on Elm Street in Wichita, Kansas. What made Ray different wasn't his skill with engines —...

Psalm 112:1-10Universal

241 words

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Finding Life in Everyday Moments

Imagine a young woman named Sarah, standing at the crossroads of her life. Just last year, she lost her job in a sudden layoff, a situation that turned her world upside down. With bills piling up and the uncertainty of...

2 Corinthians 5:17Anglican

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The Music That Almost Never Was

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. Once the toast of London, he now faced crippling debt, failing health, and...

Universalperseverance

237 words

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The Hymn Writer Who Saw More Than Most

Fanny Crosby was six weeks old when a country doctor applied a hot poultice to her infected eyes. The treatment was wrong, and the damage...

Universalperseverance

255 words

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When a Nation Sang Its Chains Away

In 1988, three hundred thousand Estonians — nearly a third of the entire nation — gathered on the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn and did...

Universalfreedom

230 words

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The Patient Campaign of William Wilberforce

In 1787, William Wilberforce stood before the British Parliament and introduced his first motion to abolish the slave trade. He was twenty-seven years old. The...

Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40Universal

232 words

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Running Free on a Different Track

In the summer of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the fastest man in Britain. He was the heavy favorite...

Universalfreedom

251 words

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Running the Race That Was Set Before Him

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell faced a decision that would define his life. Liddell was the fastest man in Britain in...

Universalpurpose

235 words

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Running for the Right Audience

In the summer of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as Britain's fastest man. He was the favorite in the 100...

Universalidentity

239 words

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The Leg Brace and the Gold Medal

In 1952, a twelve-year-old girl in Clarksville, Tennessee, walked into a doctor's office and did something she had waited her entire childhood to do. Wilma...

Universaltransformation

242 words

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When the Wall Came Down

On the evening of November 9, 1989, East Berliners gathered at the checkpoints along the Berlin Wall, scarcely believing the announcement they had heard on...

Psalm 126Universal

224 words

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The Heart That Trusted a Stranger's Gift

On December 3, 1967, a grocer named Louis Washkansky lay on an operating table in Cape Town, South Africa, and made a decision that no...

Universaltrust

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The Deep-Sea Diver's Lifeline

In 2012, saturation diver Chris Lemons was working 300 feet beneath the North Sea when his umbilical — the cable supplying his air, heat, and...

Colossians 3:1-4Universal

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The Man Who Carried His Son Across Every Finish Line

In 1977, fifteen-year-old Rick Hoyt told his father Dick that he wanted to participate in a five-mile charity run. Rick has cerebral palsy and uses...

Universallove

230 words

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A Modern Story of Questioning Traditional Doctrines

In our modern world, the act of questioning traditional doctrines can feel like sailing into uncharted waters. Picture a weary sailor, navigating a darkened sea, confronting towering waves and unpredictable winds. This sailor, much like us, grapples with the age-old...

Acts 10:34-35Reformed

282 words

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The Night the Power Returned

Elena Ramirez had lived in the dark for three days. Hurricane Maria had torn through her neighborhood in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in September 2017, and...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

251 words

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The Brain That Refused to Stay Fixed

For over a century, neuroscience held an iron law: the adult brain cannot produce new neurons. Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Nobel Prize-winning father of...

Universalfreedom

239 words

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The Signal That Won't Stop

In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 into space carrying a golden record of sounds from Earth — a baby's cry, ocean waves, Chuck Berry's *Johnny...

Universalhope

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The Guard's Outstretched Hand

In 1947, Corrie ten Boom stood in a church basement in Munich, face to face with a man she recognized instantly — a former guard...

James 4:7Universal

226 words

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The Quiet Greatness of Tim Duncan

In twenty-one years with the San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan never once demanded a trade, never called a press conference to celebrate himself, never posted...

Universalhumility

237 words

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The Family That Sang for Generations

For nearly two hundred years, the Bach family of Thuringia, Germany, produced musicians so consistently that in their region the word "Bach" became a synonym...

Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29Universal

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