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If you have read my book Body Aches, you will know I am a firm believer in an approach to

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“We Three Kings of Orient Are” is a favorite Christmas carol.  But what if those Persian “wise men” had wandered

I was nervous enough during an interview on a nationally syndicated radio program when the interview took a sudden turn.

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All the cars I’ve ever purchased have been used, including the ones we drive now.  Buying used cars over the

As we have had the privilege of walking churches through their histories to hear what Jesus is saying to them,