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Can You Reach Your Goals by Doing Less?
By
Joan Ball
I was asked in an interview last week, what was my favorite Bible verse. While it seemed like an odd question to me, like asking for my favorite musical chord or favorite ingredient in a cake, I did the right thing and thought for a moment. I’m not sure where it is, I told the…
Glimmer of Hope In Haiti…
By
Joan Ball
Found this shot on my friend Jesse Rice’s blog, depicting a little boy being rescued from the rubble in Haiti after being trapped for 8 days. The joy on his face and the face of these rescuers is a glimmer of hope in the midst of what has surely been days of heart-numbing darkness for…
Another Strong Earthquake Hits Haiti…Lord Have Mercy
By
Joan Ball
Much has been written about where God has or has not been in the days following the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. This morning it was reported that another quake, this one a 6.1 on the Richter scale, shook the ground in Port au Prince and it is chaos. An NPR reporter described it like…
Former Sudanese Child Soldier Emmanual Jal Tells His Story
By
Joan Ball
Emmanual Jal was a child soldier in Sudan who escaped to Ethiopia in an excruciating months-long journey across the desert, came to faith when he faced the dilemma of whether or not to eat his friend to survive, and is now an internationally recognized musician, writer and advocate for children in Sudan through his organization,…
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