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Doctor Urges 'Pause Points' Before Surgery
The surgeon Atul Gawande's book The Checklist Manifesto shows how doctors can use checklists to save lives and reduce mistakes, especially during surgery. ...
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Woman Botches a Do-It-Yourself, Art Restoration Project
For nearly a hundred years a beautiful mural of Jesus had held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Borja, Spain. The "Ecce Homo" ...
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Trapped Chilean Miners Couldn't Rescue Themselves
In the fall of 2010, billions of people around the globe were captivated by the story of the Chilean miners. Trapped beneath two thousand feet of solid ...
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Research Proves That Men Really Don't Like Asking for Help
We've all heard jokes about the average guy's unwillingness to ask for directions, but compared to women, are men really less likely to ask for help? ...
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Prayers from Haitian Christians Express Trust in God
Eleanor Turnbull, a veteran missionary to Haiti, collected and translated the prayers of the Christians who lived in the mountains of Haiti. These profound ...
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Information Alone Doesn't Change Behavior
In his book The Social Animal, David Brooks summarizes vast amounts of social science research by stating that "information programs alone are not ...
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The Story of Prayer Behind Jackie Robinson's Baseball Debut
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became pro baseball's first black player when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But there's an amazing ...
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Philip Yancey Discusses Jesus' View on Prostitutes
In his book What Good Is God?, Philip Yancey writes about being invited to speak at a conference on ministry to women in prostitution. After some discussion ...
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The True Intention of Prayer
In The Higher Happiness, Ralph W. Sockman describes the true intention of prayer: "We use prayer as a boatman uses a boat hook: to pull the boat ...
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Thomas Merton on the Uselessness of Planning Our Own Answers to Prayer
What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own kind of answer to our ...
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