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Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy (with Sally Jenkins). The other side of The Blind Side After reading Michael Oher’s book, I Beat The Odds, it only made sense to read the Tuohy’s side of the story–Paul Harvey would say, “Page Two.” The book solidified the image I had in my …
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Michael Oher is a professional football player with an amazing, true story, of rags to riches. What makes this unique is his heart for the homeless, the foster children, those who society would discount as hopeless. This was another quick read that left me with great respect for Michael Oher. The book is divided into …
The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal, by Eric Greitens Founder of The Mission Continues, Eric Greitens was inspired to launch the organization by his experience visiting Marines and soldiers who were wounded in combat after returning home from service in Iraq. Without exception, each service member expressed an unwavering desire to …
Generation Gap Widening This chapter provides more background into the rest of the book and provides an introduction to the next six chapters. One of the interesting dichotomies is the strong desire for Mosaics and Busters to be part of a tribe while maintaining fierce individualism–perhaps disturbing is a better term. Fewer than one out …
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Seeing Christianity from the Outside Our research shows that many of those outside of Christianity, especially younger adults, have little trust in the Christian faith, and esteem for the lifestyle of Christ followers is quickly fading among outsiders. They admit their emotional and intellectual barriers go up when they are around Christians, and they reject …
Introduction Mark Mittelberg begins this chapter with a great story of Ronald Reagan’s debate with Walter Mondale, the turning of the tide in Reagan’s campaign was the seminal response to the question about his age (73 at the time). His response: Not at all, and I want you to know that also I will not …
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Time to Reflect In this chapter, Brennan Manning provides an opportunity for a guided retreat through 19 mercies, opportunities to hear from our loving Father. Perhaps this is a chance to slow down a moment, to pray, to ready, to listen. I’ll list them here. Perhaps we should all consider taking one a day for …
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