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Research Shows Our Favorite Conversation Topic—Ourselves

If you're like most people, you have a clear, hands down favorite topic for most of your conversations—yourself. On average, people spend ...


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The Power of Community in an AA Group

Gordon MacDonald shares the following story about visiting a small group of men and women affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous. MacDonald said that he ...


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Family Shows Persistent Love to Hurting Couple

John Knight and Denise Knight were happily anticipating the birth of their first child, a son. They had already decided to name him Paul. But when Paul ...


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Judge Finds a New Way to Help Convicted Prostitutes

In 2008, Paul Herbert, a municipal court judge from Ohio, was using Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life to disciple his teenage daughters. One night, ...


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Father Learns to Enter the World of His Autistic Son

In an episode from the TV show Parenthood (season 1, episode 2), the characters Adam and Kristina Braverman have come to realize that there's something ...


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Visit to Calcutta Orphanage Reveals a Woman's Sinfulness

During an extended visit with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Dr. Mary Poplin discovered the depths of sin in her own heart. It happened while ...


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Gruff Old Man Carries Hidden Grief for 50 Years

My 4-month-old daughter and I took a trip to the library. She babbled softly as I browsed through the books. As we walked, I heard an older man say gruffly, ...


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Jewish 'Shiva' Practice Helps Loved Ones Grieve

After witnessing firsthand the devastating effects of civil war, oppressive regimes, and natural disasters, Palmer Chichen has observed that the Hebrew ...


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Basketball Player Shares His Shoe with a Teammate

In Malawi, practically any shoe is a luxury. Lilongwe, the capital, is maybe the only African city where I have seen grown men walking down the streets ...


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Leader Earns Trust by Getting in the Mud with Others

Saul and Pilar Cruz, a married couple who founded Armonia Ministries in Mexico City, launched their ministry by planting a church on the edge of a vast ...


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