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Lent, Holy Week and Memories of My Parents…
By
Joan Ball
I am not one to commemorate things. I forget birthdays and anniversaries (including my own). I have no cloth-covered boxes full of trinkets that jog my memory about precious moments from days gone by. The pictures of family and friends that I do have – and there aren’t many – are strewn haphazardly in boxes in the garage…
Seeking Tales of Transformation: Beliefnet Stories of Renewal Contest
By
Joan Ball
Are you an aspiring writer with a story to tell about a life transformation? If so, Beliefnet would like to hear it. Whether prompted by a spiritual event, the birth of a child, overcoming addiction, surviving and illness or any other catalyst, you can enter your story in the “Stories of Renewal Contest” for a…
How Did I Get Here?: A Talking Heads Moment at SXSW
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Joan Ball
I am sitting here at a coffee shop in Austin an hour before I am scheduled to check in at the green room for my South by Southwest presentation having a Talking Heads moment. You may find yourself living in a shotgun shackYou may find yourself in another part of the worldYou may find yourself…
Church of Facebook Author Jesse Rice In Search of Benefactors: Is the American Church Ready for This?
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Joan Ball
My friends Jesse and Katie Rice have a call on their lives. They are convinced in the tradition of old-school Jesus-followers that they are to follow this call forward with or without the certainty of a particular job or method of making ends meet. Impractical? Sure. Crazy? Maybe. Yet they are putting it all on the line…
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