After Dale Ostrander was swept out into the Pacific Ocean by a rip tide, members of his church youth group tried to save him, but they could not and watched helplessly as the 12-year-old boy slipped under water. They called authorities and waited. All they could do during the 15-minute search was pray.
It was enough. Read the incredible story here.
(Thanks Kevin Flanders for bringing this story to my attention.)
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This story was on ABC News web site today, July 27, 2011. An Indiana man stopped medical treatments and decided to rely solely on faith to treat his cancer. Guess what happened?
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I have been praying for God to reveal his plan to me, and I believe God has revealed it to me.
First some background: As those who know me are aware, I left a 25-year career in journalism three years ago. I took a buyout because I figured, with the newspaper industry as bad as it was, I might as well get started sooner rather than later on the next phase of my career — whatever it would turn out to be. Read the rest of this entry »
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Every once in a while, something happens that makes you realize that the universe is not as random as it seems; that all things are connected in some divine way. The things we do, good and bad, come back to us. A man reaps what he sows.
Check out the tale of the coach and the copy machine. It all begins in the fall of 2009 Read the rest of this entry »
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Not sure where that expression came from (don’t think that actual phrase is in the Bible), but the phrase comes to mind when reading a recent story out of Richmond, VA, about a child surviving a car crash.
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