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Spiritually Speaking: Standards

For much of my own Christian walk I retreated from confrontation. Instead of stepping up, I would bend—maybe only slightly, thinking I was playing it neutral—in order to avert hurt feelings and crushed toes. This only proved I couldn’t stand up for what I believed in. I

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Spiritually Speaking: Full-Time Employment

Recently, a classmate overheard an employee of a certain organization complain openly about his job (while on the job) in an unprofessional manner. This worker, though just one, turned a customer away for good by giving his company a bad rap. I couldn’t help but ask myself: As a

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Spiritually Speaking: The Struggle

After conquering through a time of struggle, a close friend of mine told me she relates her life story to Genesis 32:24-31. For those unfamiliar, it tells the story of Jacob literally wrestling all through the night against a man he did not discern at the time was an