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Sponsorship: A light in Brian’s future

In the most beautiful, mountainous landscape you could ever imagine, the Rift Valley of Kenya is a land of contrasts. While waterfalls, canyons, and wild monkeys complement glorious sunsets, not all who find themselves in this land have time to appreciate its beauty — at least, not when basic needs aren’t met....
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What’s “good” about Good Friday?

Visualize this: It’s 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem. A crowd of Roman soldiers and community members gather around three crosses. You see Jesus, bloodied to a pulp, crucified. You smell impending death and hear a mixture of cheers, jeers, and sobbing. All you want to do is run away so you can curl up in your own bed, desperate for any ounce of comfort and familiarity. But you don’t. Paralyzed, you stand and stare and hear and smell and feel. So, what’s good about Good Friday?...
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Dealing with “First World Problems”

My friends and I have a saying that we thought was unique — until we discovered that it already has a popular Twitter hashtag and YouTube video. “First World Problems.” At one time, we thought we’d create a blog based off the concept and make millions that we could donate to charities to save lives. But we weren’t the first to think of the idea. Woe is us. Maybe our disappoint is, in itself, a drop in the bucket of #firstworldproblems....
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