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Core Values (2)

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[Im]possible standards

This week I have struggled. The attacks of the enemy have cut deep. Interestingly, the attacks have all come against my high standards. I fully...

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Core value: thankfulness

Editor's Note: Another winner from the essay contest at the UGM Crisis Shelter for Women & Children. "The top 5 things to be thankful for" by...

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Core values: Christ-likeness

“We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth...

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Essay contest winner

The UGM Crisis Shelter for Women and Children held an essay contest. Below is the winning entry by Carla Knudsen, age 19.

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Inseparable

“And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we...

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New Years' resolutions

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A One-Word Resolution

Have you heard about the My One Word project? Tired of the inevitable failure of their New Year’s resolutions, the authors came up with the idea of...

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Independence or God-dependence?

By Dan McLellan, UGM Men's Shelter Day Room Manager God-dependence, the first of UGM’s established core values, sets us apart from many other...

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Culture Compass

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Union Gospel Mission Core Values

Editor's note: This blog post, originally published in 2012, was updated in 2019. A Culture of Life Transformation One Sunday in 2003, Phil Altmeyer,...

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