March 25-April 1, 2009 – Americans less willing to sacrifice, Supreme Court Justice Thomas Says
Contributed by Jennifer Krausz Bethlehem, PA Warm-up Question: Who has ever sacrificed something for you? What was it? How did you feel about it? When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was growing up, he says he constantly heard messages like...
March 18-25, 2009 – Example of God’s love… on a bicycle
Contributed by Matthew R. Nelson Walla Walla, WA Warm-up Question: How do you share your gifts, talents, and time to reflect God’s love? (From the ELCA News Service, “Lutherans Embrace Man Who Embodied Christ’s Love,” 03/04/2009) John Breaux helped others...
March 11-18, 2009 – Atheist ads on British bus
Contributed by Sylvia Alloway Granada Hills, CA Ariane Sherine, a British comedy writer, was shocked when she saw an ad on a London bus, placed by a Christian Web site. She decided that religious ads needed a “corrective.” She organized...
March 4-11, 2009 – Botshabelo, Africa… a place of refuge
Contributed by Angie Larson Clive, IA Warm-up Question: What would you do if you were to do something different with your life? In 1990 the Cloete family decided to dramatically change their lives. Marion and Con were successful business professionals...
February 25-March 4, 2009 – Teenage solo sailors on record-seeking circumnavigation trips meet each other in Cape Town, South Africa
Contributed by Pastor Julie A. Kanarr Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Port Angeles, WA Warm-up Question: What is the hardest thing you have ever done? American sailor Zac Sunderland, who turned 17 in November, and British sailor Mike Perham, who will...