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ODJ: steps to nowhere

Serving with a group of students, I was picking up rubbish from the grounds of a home when I found a set of three sturdy brick steps. An ordinary set of stairs in every way, but they led nowhere. Climbing to the top simply led to the plank siding of the old, worn house. 

The important distinction in our decisions, though, is far greater than steps leading to a wall or a door. It’s the

ODJ: unlikely gifts


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The 166 female inmates at in a Philippines jail didn’t have much. But as they saw it, others had even less. Typhoon Pablo had just swept over the southern Philippines, killing more than 1,000 human beings, splintering houses, annihilating crops and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
It’s in our nature to whine about our ‘bad’ circumstances. But at any given mument, someone alw

ODJ: drowning in love


I recently baptised a primary school aged church member in a local river. His dad walked into the water with me, and we stood on each side of his son. Together, we submerged him and then raised him from the cool, cleansing stream. The dad beamed during the entire holy moment. It was the son’s baptism, but it was evident that he experienced the same joy.

While this story is about Jesus

ODJ: prince of peace


While walking through a shop, my friend’s 12 year old daughter commented on a magazine cover about the December 2012 mass shooting that tragically killed 20 children and 6 adults at a primary school in America. Her 6 year old brother didn’t know much about the heartbreaking event, but he looked up at his mum and said, “I think my favourite name for Jesus is Prince of Peace.” “Me too,”

ODJ: faith & marriage


Family members pleaded with him not to marry. But the young man wouldn’t listen. What was the family’s concern? He was a believer in Jesus; she was not. They knew that the union would dishonour God and that the two would face struggles due to disunity. They were right. One year after they walked the aisle, the couple divorced.

A shared faith in Jesus with the one you marry is vital.

ODJ: was it worth it?


In the film Field of Dreams, miraculous things start to happen after Ray Kinsella builds a baseball field in the middle of his cornfield. One by one, famous baseball players from years past begin miraculously emerging from the surrounding cornstalks and begin to ‘play ball’.

Our greatest doubts can be resolved only as we draw near to God. —Jeff Olson

ODJ: voice of faith

The news was numbing. The tears came so quickly that she couldn’t fight them. Her mind raced with questions, and fear threatened to overwhelm her. Life was going along well, when it was abruptly interrupted and forever changed without warning.

Tragedy is a scary thing that always hits us by surprise. It can come in the form of the loss of health, wealth, a loved one, livelihood, shelt

ODJ: worth the wait

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Everybody is waiting for something. What are youwaiting for—employment, marriage, family peace? Imagine having to wait centuries for the fulfilment of a promise, but there was no evidence that it would be fulfilled. This was the spiritual and emotional climate during the time Jesus was born. People were waiting for God to fulfil the promise of restoration through the Messiah, but the political,

ODJ: on the fence

Picture a car perched atop a metal fence—the front end on one side and the back bumper on the other side. Law enforcement agents discovered this unlikely scene when they foiled an attempt by smugglers to cross the American border from Mexico illegally. Two men had driven up ramps to the top of the 14 foot fence, and hoped to drive the car down the same way to their desired destination. When the