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A guy once told me about the time he was arrested for drunk driving. When they put him into the jail cell, he came face-...

"I just called everyone on my phone and told them about Jesus." I was stunned. I didn't even know she was a Christian...

"How's your week been?" I asked him. He started talking about the stress of his studies. It was safe terrain, and I knew...

We love John 3:16 because it feels safe. It's an inspirational thought printed on bumper stickers and In-N-Out cups. But...

Sitting at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square, I had to lead another Bible study. But I'd already studied the Bible with five...

I was twenty-four, running through a park near Waynoka Avenue in Memphis. Mile two, maybe three. The cold air burned my...

I was standing in the foyer of a massive megachurch, watching everyone else do what I couldn't figure out how to do. Eve...

I looked out at everyone singing and praising God. For me, silence felt more honest. After yelling at my family on the w...

"You might be right, but you're not doing it in the right way." When my high school English teacher confronted me on...

I drive by the old RZIM headquarters at least once a week. Every time, I reactively grip my steering wheel tighter, look...

I visualized myself as being toxic, like a radioactive substance hidden in a glass test tube. Who would want to be assoc...

From the Auschwitz death camp, the Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe wrote to his mother, "Do not worry about me or my...

An anonymous poster to an online forum wrote, "I am a new Christian. I sin a lot. I am such a bad person. I insult other...

When I served as a campus minister at Harvard, I sometimes wondered if I belonged there. Everyone seemed to have themsel...

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