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Juliet Thomas

Law of the Garbage Truck

Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the …

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Spend Less, Save More

Of late, young and educated women have taken up all types of jobs including police services and armed forces. They have excel in every field. Modern women are quite confident about handling jobs and are earning on par with men, supporting the family in every respect. In certain families, their earnings far exceed the earnings of their spouses.Yet, they do …

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Understanding Human Sexuality

Traditionally, Sex is thought to be a private and a secret subject, and it is considered as something not to be talked about or discussed in public. Many of our churches contribute to this kind of a notion and hardly take any steps to rectify this prevalent thinking. As a result, the young people in particular are confused and at times …

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A Cry Is Heard! Is The Church Listening?

God made man and woman, male and female, not only to belong to Him, but also to one another. Woman, created as ‘female’, is neither inferior nor independent of the male. The female cannot have her fulfillment by herself in isolation, but through her relationships in the community she is placed in. Her identity is expressed and established, through relationships …

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Subtler Forms of Abuse

A lot has been spoken lately about abuse of women and children, particularly abuse expressed in the forms of physical violence and sexual assault. Such visible abuse surely does cause bodily and emotional harm.The focus of this article is that abuses do not always show and can be subtle when manifest in human relationships. Such abuses inflict serious harm to …

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The Best is Yet to be

Hopeful beginnings In August 2014, several things began to happen. God connected people unknown to me saying: “God has laid it upon my heart to support you.” O faithful God! One important connection is Alice Andrew from Chennai. She’s passionate to empower women, has skills to develop our magazine business, has fantastic ideas which we hope to implement in the …

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No, My Darling Daughter!

Eleanor’s eyes brimmed with tears. “Not tears of sorrow,” she thought, “But tears of frustration. Why did I have to be born in such a boring family? There’s a world out there, beckoning. I want to be where the action is. I want to breathe the air of freedom and enjoy myself, instead of being stuck on this stinking old …

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Addiction: A Powerful, Relentless Enemy

“The two social evils that are plaguing our society are alcoholism and drug addiction. Unfortunately in our country more and more teenagers and young adults are falling prey to these two evils. “ ALCOHOLISM  Alcoholism and alcohol dependence is defined by the AMA (American Medical Association) as “a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological and environmental factors influencing it’s development …

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Prayer of Jabez

“Hidden in the midst of Israel’s family tree is the story of a man who was standing tip-toe trying to see above all the obstacles around him.”  -1 Chron. 4:9-10 This is the story of an almost unknown man in the Bible, named JABEZ. This Prayer of Jabez has been the turning point to many men and women. I would …

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Size Doesn’t Matter

Sitting in my favourite restaurant, ordering another yummy batura, I can feel everyone’s eyes boring into me. You see, I am fat… really fat. And I think that those people focusing on me are instinctively feeling sorry me. Once in a while, I wonder why the world finds it so difficult to understand me. I feel as though I need …

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