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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.
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ODB: Better Together in Christ

Dr. Tiffany Gholson had seen crime impact her small American city of East Saint Louis, Illinois, in many ways.
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ODB: Worship First

I’d never planned to start a non-profit organization about adult friendship, and when I felt called to do so, I had so many questions.
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ODB: Uncovered Sins

A thief broke into a phone repair shop, smashed the glass of a display case, and began pocketing phones and more.
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ODB: Heavenly Abundance

I expected eight bananas. Instead, when I opened the grocery bags delivered to my home, I discovered twenty bananas!
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ODB: Search My Heart, God

To reduce food waste, a supermarket chain in Singapore sells slightly blemished fruits and vegetables at lower prices.
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ODB: Do I Belong?

Actress Sally Field finally felt what we all long for. When she won a second Oscar in 1985, she exclaimed in her acceptance speech: “I’ve wanted more than anything to have your respect.
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ODB: Serving Jesus

In the early 1800s, Elizabeth Fry was appalled by the conditions in a London women’s prison. Women and their children were crowded together and made to sleep on the cold stone floors.
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ODB: Trapped in Chocolate

Two workers at a Mars candy factory in Pennsylvania fell into a large vat of chocolate. This might sound like the beginning of a joke—and perhaps a lovely predicament to chocolate lovers!
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ODB: Our Armor in Christ

Pastor Bailey’s newfound friend shared with him the story of his abuse and addiction. Though the young man was a believer in Jesus, because of his exposure to sexual abuse and pornography at an early age, he was plagued with a problem that was bigger than he was.
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ODB: Grappling with God

A longtime friend sent me a note after my husband’s death: “[Alan] was . . . a grappler with God. He was a real Jacob and a strong reason why I am a Christian today.”
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ODB: Calling Our Heavenly Father

Minutes after US President Harry Truman announced the end of World War II, a phone rang in a small clapboard house in Grandview, Missouri.