Jeri Turner
CWO Blogger

I just completed the 30-Hour Famine program with our youth group. The 30-Hour Famine program was created by World Vision to get students involved in raising funds, increasing awareness, and getting involved in assisting the hungry around the world. All the participants go on a 30 hour fast with only water and juice. It was the first time I had done that willingly. I say willingly, because I have done it under the total duress of a stomach bug…no fun! The fast

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The pickup truck screeched to a grinding halt within inches of me as I sped across the street. It all happened so fast that although I had made it safely to the other side, I had to turn back to see and try to figure out what had just happened. The truck was still at a dead stop, and the passenger door swung open. The father had his wife seated next to him, along with their daughter. The father began yelling at me in a gruff voice, “Don’t you ever run out into traffic

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Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown

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The Valley of the Shadow is quiet and still, with no breath of wind and no bright and shining sun to illuminate that dim pathway that draws us onward. It is always twilight here. The shadows fall deep, distorting our images as we cautiously make our way toward the western horizon. All is spoken in whispers, knowing that careless words hold the power to cause the cloaks of courage that we wrap ourselves in to fall from our shoulders.

There is

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