Living Faith
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Living faith
Holding tight | Cancer journey prompts young mother to cling to her faith
Erin Weidemann was stowed away in her parents’ bedroom. She had run of the master suite, including their cozy king-size bed, for three straight days. But Weidemann, certainly not of her own volition, spent the…
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A father’s love | Single dad cleans up life to raise his son
Mark Heuslein was 29 and sleeping on a friend’s couch. He had no place to live because he didn’t have job. He didn’t have a job because he couldn’t keep a car. By that point,…
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Students share Christ’s love in Brazil amid World Cup frenzy
RIO DE JANEIRO — There were no flashbulbs or television cameras, only teammates — mostly children half his size and barefoot — who celebrated and mobbed Dane Van Ryckeghem after he assisted in a goal…
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Reconciled: A mother finds redemption through prison experience
It is inevitable that the annual rite of Mother’s Day changes some when children fly the coop and Mom is faced with an empty nest. It is so much more so when Mom leaves her…
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Strength in suffering | Child’s painful journey teaches family about grace and patience
Laurie Spiering was well-versed in the behavior of boys by the time her fifth son, Riley, arrived, so years later when the kindergartener came home from school and began taking afternoon naps, she became suspicious.…
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Elevated Outlook | Hiker puts failed climb behind him to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro for charity
Ryan Shankles and his American hiking partner Jarrot Stanford stood at 18,000 feet. They had already made tremendous progress but were still 1,300 feet shy of the pinnacle of Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free-standing…
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Ian Kennedy: Pitching with a purpose
It wasn’t quite the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded, but for Ian Kennedy, it was close. The 22-year-old Southern California native stood on the mound at Yankee Stadium in September 2007 in the…
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Creative wave | Local artist makes a splash with seascapes, cartoons
Norm Daniels sticks out like a creative thumb when he plops down at San Diego beaches—an easel and canvas in one hand, paints and brushes in the other. He might as well be an alien…
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