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The Fire That Cleaned the Forest

In August 2020, firefighters in Northern California watched the SCU Lightning Complex burn across 400,000 acres of drought-parched land. Ranchers wept as flames consumed what...

Isaiah 64:1-9Universal

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One Voice at Herrnhut

In 1727, Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf faced an impossible situation on his estate in Saxony. He had offered refuge to persecuted Christians from across Europe...

Romans 15:4-13Universal

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The Hidden Factory Inside Your Bones

Every day, deep inside the darkest chambers of your skeleton, something extraordinary happens. Your bone marrow — a soft, spongy tissue buried where no light...

Universalhumility

248 words

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The Insulin That Broke the Death Sentence

In January 1922, fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson lay dying in Toronto General Hospital. He weighed sixty-five pounds. Type 1 diabetes was consuming him from the inside...

Universalfreedom

240 words

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The Mightiest Machines Are Called Servants

The most powerful computers in the world have a surprising name. They are called servers. Every time you check your email, stream a worship song,...

Universalhumility

216 words

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The Fall That Became a Finish Line

On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal at the Barcelona Olympics. He had trained for years, overcome multiple...

Universaltrust

240 words

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The Race He Didn't Have to Win

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, Eric Liddell faced a decision that confused the watching world. The Scottish sprinter was favored to medal in the 100...

Universalfreedom

239 words

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Science Illustration: Wise Use of Data and AI

Imagine a scientist in a high-tech lab, surrounded by screens displaying a sea of data points. She is analyzing information to solve a critical problem—how to predict and mitigate climate change. Each data point tells a story, a whisper of...

Revelation 21:1-5Universal

256 words

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The Man Who Already Knew Who He Was

When Eric Liddell arrived at the 1924 Paris Olympics, he was Scotland's fastest man and the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he learned the...

Universalidentity

229 words

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The Cathedral Organ Restored

In 2014, the pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Laon in northern France sat silent. Centuries of dust, neglect, and amateur repairs had choked its 3,000...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

234 words

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The Farmer Who Never Locked His Barn

In the small town of Elburn, Illinois, Harold Metzger ran a 200-acre corn and soybean operation for forty-three years. What made Harold different from every...

Psalm 112:1-10Universal

233 words

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The Coach Who Believed in Second Chances

In August 2009, Andy Reid did something that shocked the sports world. As head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, he signed Michael Vick — a...

Universalforgiveness

235 words

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The Quarterback Nobody Wanted

In 1994, Kurt Warner went undrafted. Not a single NFL team wanted him. He returned to Cedar Falls, Iowa, and took a job stocking shelves...

Universaltransformation

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Music from the Ruins

In the autumn of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. His operas had fallen from public favor. Creditors circled. His health was failing...

Universalgrace

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Eighty Years of Silence

When Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750, the world shrugged. His music was considered old-fashioned, overly complex, and within a generation his manuscripts gathered dust...

Universalrestoration

211 words

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Maximilian Kolbe and the Body Freely Given

In the summer of 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. The SS guards selected ten men from Block 14 to die by starvation as punishment....

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

251 words

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The Last Light in Detroit

In 1950, Detroit was the wealthiest city per capita in America. Nearly two million people filled its neighborhoods. The Fisher Building gleamed like a cathedral...

Lamentations 1:1-6Universal

236 words

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The Steinway in the Church Basement

In 2014, a small Baptist church in Macon, Georgia, discovered that the old piano sitting in their fellowship hall was a 1923 Steinway Model B,...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

232 words

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The Rhythm We Cannot Keep Alone

In cardiac research laboratories, scientists have observed something remarkable about heart muscle cells. When a single cardiac myocyte is isolated in a petri dish, it...

Universalcommunity

220 words

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Feeling His Pleasure

In the summer of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. When he learned the...

Universalpurpose

199 words

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The Nine-Day Flight

In 2007, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey attached a satellite tag to a bar-tailed godwit they called E7. What they recorded astonished the world....

Universaltrust

229 words

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From Slave Ship to Sacred Hymn

In 1748, a young sailor named John Newton found himself aboard a ship caught in a violent storm off the coast of Ireland. The vessel...

Universalredemption

244 words

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The Player Who Chose Not to Swing Back

In 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson and made an unusual request. He didn't just need a player talented enough to break baseball's...

Universalforgiveness

240 words

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The Longest Flight on Earth

In 2007, wildlife biologist Robert Gill and his team at the U.S. Geological Survey fitted a female bar-tailed godwit — a modest shorebird tagged simply...

Universalobedience

230 words