October 2015

Map of Europe re: How does the refugee crisis affect Europe?

How Does the Refugee Crisis Affect Europe? Part II

Though much less dramatic than the thousands storming the European border crossings, their stories need to be told. The incredible and prolonged intrusion into the lives of the ordinary folk in European countries, presented in last week’s post, might be justified if every undocumented person sought freedom from the horrors of war in Syria. Here’s […]

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Map of Europe re: How does the refugee crisis affect Europe?

How Does the Refugee Crisis Affect Europe?

While news clips of pregnant women and children fleeing war tear at everyone’s heart, have you considered how thousands and thousands of undocumented foreigners suddenly pressing through the frontiers change the lives of average citizens in the border countries? The media focuses on the asylum seekers, but they’re not the only innocent victims. How does […]

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Matterhorn, Switzerland RE: Five Steps to Building Faith II

Five Steps to Building Faith Part II

Though online marketing makes it possible to download about anything we need in a matter of minutes, I’ve yet to find a site offering an amazing, never before seen deal on gigabytes of faith. In last week’s post, I shared the first three steps of a faith-building model that’s worked for me over three decades […]

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Matterhorn, Switzerland RE: Five Steps to Building Faith II

Five Steps to Building Faith

How many times have you wished you had more faith? If you’re like me, you just want to push your life cart right over to those huge bulk containers off of Aisle Five and scoop out a couple more measures. Okay, no humongous spiritual warehouse exists, but over the decades, I’ve discovered five steps to […]

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Dannie with kids re One Summer Day for African Kids

One Summer Day for African Kids

In 2007, the doors of the Samaritan House Children’s Center opened, changing the lives of dozens of underprivileged kids forever. These small gangs of preschoolers no longer roam the dirt streets in our African city, playing with detritus such as broken razor blades. For the past eight years, they and their older siblings have gone […]

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