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ODB: Transforming Worship

Susy wept as she sat outside the hospital’s intensive care unit—waves of paralyzing fear sweeping over her.
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ODB: In Small Ways

When she was struck by cancer, Elsie was prepared to go home to heaven to be with Jesus. But she recovered, though the disease left her immobile.
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ODB: Jesus Removes the Stain

“Are. You. Kidding?!” I yelled, digging through our dryer looking for my shirt. I found it. And . . . something else.
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ODB: Really Live

Thousands of people prayed for pastor Ed Dobson when he was diagnosed with ALS in 2000. Many believed that when they prayed in faith for healing, God would answer immediately.
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ODB: Our True Refuge Is God

After his wife died, Fred felt he could endure the pain as long as he had his Monday breakfasts with his buddies. His fellow retirees lifted his spirits.
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ODB: Time to Party

Our former church in Virginia held baptisms in the Rivanna River where often the sunshine is warm, but the water is frigid.
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ODB: Instruments for Good

The criminal had been apprehended, and the detective asked the perpetrator why he had brazenly attacked someone with so many witnesses present.
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ODB: The Winning Goal

On February 5, 2023, Christian Atsu kicked the winning goal for his football (soccer) team in a match in Turkey. A star international player, he learned to play the sport as a kid running barefoot in his home country of Ghana.
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ODB: Taking Responsibility for Words

It’s almost unheard of for institutions to admit guilt after a tragedy. But one year after a seventeen-year-old student’s death by suicide, a prestigious school admitted it “fell tragically short” in protecting him.
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ODB: Brokenness that Blesses

His back is hunched, and he walks with a cane, but his many years of spiritual shepherding are evidence that he leans on God—the source of his strength.
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ODB: Renewing Our Strength

A pair of eagles built a giant nest in a tree a few miles away from my house. Before long, the enormous birds had eaglets.
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ODB: From Age to Age

Two grandmothers from Texas became media sensations recently for completing a journey around the world in eighty days at the age of eighty-one.
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ODB: News Worth Celebrating

For more than two centuries, the hymn placed first in the Methodist hymnbook was “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing.”
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ODB: Devoted to Prayer

“I’ve been praying for you for fifty years,” said the elderly woman. My friend Lou looked into her eyes with profound gratitude.