Caleb Young

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Is Our Faith Dead?

Is Our Faith Dead?

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A couple years back, I read a story on social media about a new pastor who dressed himself as a homeless man on his first Sunday visit to the church as its leader. According to the story, only three of his congregation of around 10,000 people greeted him.

It's About Both Speech And Deeds

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At some point in our lives, we have all said something we wish we hadn’t. For some of us, this has happened more often than we’d like to admit. It could be something as embarrassing as uttering a social faux pas, or something as hurtful as lashing out against a friend or loved one.
February fasting image for coffee

Why I'm Giving Up Coffee for a Month

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“I’ll take that bet.” It was a sentence I uttered all too casually while pouring my coffee one Monday morning, and a sentence that I would live to regret. My colleague and self-confessed Coke-aholic (as in Coca-Cola) Jacob laid down a challenge that he would go an entire month without sugar if I promised to go a month without coffee if he succeeded.

Why This Joker Should Be Taken Seriously

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This version of the Joker’s story is one that speaks into how divisive our society is, examines the dark hold that depression has on people, as well as pointing to the emptiness and meaninglessness of life that many of us feel. It is a cautionary tale about the villains our society can create when love, empathy for others, and truth are thrown to the wayside.

Should Israel Folau Have Said What He Said? - Part 2

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About a year ago, Israel Folau made a post on his personal Instagram account that polarized the rugby world and the Australian public.
Homeless person laying on the ground

3 Things I Learned From the Homeless

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“Keep an eye out for watermelon boxes. They’re the thickest ones out there,” Fridge instructed as we headed for that night’s cardboard run. It was only my second night sleeping on the streets, but I already knew exactly what Fridge—one of our guides for the weekend who has spent many years homeless—was talking about.

Searching: How Far Will You Go For Your Loved Ones?

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Searching, the first film from 27-year-old director Aneesh Chaganty, is a crime thriller starring John Cho who plays David, a father in a desperate search for his missing daughter.

Should Israel Folau Have Said What He Said?

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Words can build up or destroy. For Australia rugby star Israel Folau, it was a lesson he had to learn the hard way after his response to a comment on his Instagram post went viral—and awry.
Soldiers in a trench during World War I

Remembering Anzac Day And An Exemplary Army Chaplain

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The call for a “padre” rang out down the line. Some poor “digger” (the colloquial term for an Australian soldier) had died and a chaplain was needed for the burial service.