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Would Your Social Media Followers Take a Bullet For You? Evidence Here.

Are facebook, twitter or social media friends real? Would they take a bullet for you? This chart presents evidence that suggests otherwise. =)

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Who influenced the stage of your life you’re living now?

...whenever I strike out to write an acknowledgements page for a book, I try to get even more specific. To review my personal history with the project at hand and think back to who influenced me at the time I developed an interest in the subject matter contained in the book.

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32 Year Old Man Adopted By Former Foster Mom

This article tells the powerful story of a 32 year old man adopted by his former foster mom as an adult.

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Portable Faith: Taking Faith Beyond the Four Walls of Your Building

33 activities aimed at raising awareness about the people living on the church's margins. A book for for church leaders, those wandering nomads who feel most comfortable outside the church, those lovely, crazy zealots who find the best visions of God in soup kitchens and mountain hikes, in protests on Capitol Hill or in the lyrics of a folk song...and everyone in between. It’s for anyone willing to get his or her hands dirty in the work of Jesus.

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Keeping In Touch: A Lesson From the Tag Brothers

Look alive, friends. This may be the one and only time I ever provide a link to ESPN on my blog. (God knows, I fulfill my dutiful-wife-sportscenter-quota thanks to Coach Cunningham.) And no, I'm not mentioning it in reference to the fact that I--not my husband (not my husband, did you get that?)--am holding down two first place spots in two different bracket tourneys. Still. But that is completely unrelated. This link is going to take you to a friendship story for the books. In ...

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