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Jim and Ken

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I Was Broken

The assignment: Draw a picture representing the work of the Union Gospel Mission on a napkin. Like an elevator speech. Only quicker and more visual....

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Breakthrough

Paul Stankiewicz is a smart man. He earned his PhD in biochemistry from Penn State University in 1980, taught high school and college and did...

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A Ministry of Presence

David Wang is a professor of architecture at Washington State University. An artist, a former seminary student, a researcher and a writer, his life...

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Phil on Veterans

Recently, my wife, Caryl, and I were sitting in a Florida airport waiting for a flight back to Spokane when a group of twenty to thirty uniformed...

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Restore My Soul: Stories of Redemption

All of the people interviewed for this article described lives of profound desperation. They were in mortal danger – not from starvation or exposure...

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