Jewel loves to write, whether through her own journaling, emails to her friends, or the weekly RISE newsletter. This fall she begins a two year writing major. “I wasn’t going to do college for writing,” she says, “but last month I suddenly knew in my bones and from Jesus that I was supposed to. One […]
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The following post was written by Stephanie J. Leinbach, a blogger friend and mother of an epileptic child: *** We were at Children’s Hospital less than ten hours when our story was put into perspective. I ran down to the cafeteria while Linford stayed with Tarica. As I stepped out of the elevator and turned toward
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Up at the top of the tubing hill Saturday, the air is warm and a little windy. A mass of people–little girls in snow pants and stocking caps, dads in beards and ski jackets, moms and toddlers and a couple of teens–wait in line at the bottom, to be towed up on their tubes by
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The Beginnings – Emily Yutzy: “I really like people,” Emily says. “It’s interesting to me how you can learn something new from everyone you meet.” Emily works as a receptionist at a health and wellness center in Hutchinson, Kansas, where she has many opportunities to meet people. She also enjoys running outdoors, Pinterest, trying new
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“The king of Saudi Arabia died last night.” What kind of everyday life do we live when these are the first words our sixteen-year-old says to us when she comes down for breakfast? “How did he die?” I ask, and “Who will succeed him?” Michael wonders. What does this mean for Saudi Arabia? Will the
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