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An Unlikely Friendship

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At the beginning of the year, I made a resolution to make a new friend at church. There were not many young people at church, and I quickly picked a likely prospect. She was about my age, still in school, and working part-time. I figured we had enough in common to keep us going.
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3 Ways to Reconcile Our Differences

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Elton John was right in his song, “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word”. It is always hard to say “sorry” in an argument.
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Honoring My Parents From Afar

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For the past eight years, I’ve been living away from home. In 2007, l left Fuzhou, China, to pursue my studies; I now have a Master’s degree and a job in Shanghai. Save for the winter and summer breaks when I make short trips back home to visit my parents and younger sister, I’m not with them most of the time.
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My Family’s 5 Most Annoying Habits

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I come from a family of five, comprising four women and one man. We have our fair share of annoying habits: those we used to have, those we still have, and those I do not even want to imagine we might develop in future.
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God Amid Daily Challenges In My Life

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After Papa died, we tried to get back to our normal routines. I was about to embark on my thesis in the field of clinical pharmacy, but faced my first roadblock—I didn’t have enough money to fund the thesis, and I didn’t want to ask my sister for money.
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Thriving in a Single-Parent Family

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My parents separated when my brother had just turned three and…
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Why I’m Mourning for the Sabah Quake Victims

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The reports on the victims of the recent Sabah earthquake have…
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The Struggle To Love My Dad

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I cannot remember a time when my dad played a significant part…
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Are We Silent Before God?

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A couple of years ago, I attended a large-scale youth prayer meeting. At one point, the pastor instructed the ushers to close all the doors in the hall and to switch off all the lights. As there were no windows, the place was pitch dark.