Internet: A Human Right?

This morning, I listened to a conversation on MPR about whether or not internet should be a global human right. As I listened, I initially thought that internet must be a human right because people need access to it in order to compete in our increasingly globalized world. However, some discussed how the internet should …

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Calling Writers, Bloggers, Authors, Wannabe’s, Etc

This June, and the 8th to be more precise, will mark the 10th anniversary of my high school graduation. Woohoo! 10 years since my passage into adulthood, 10 years since I left the good ol' Mil of WI,10 years since I have not had to answer to anyone besides my God...and me really. But I …

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All You Need Is Love

Do you remember the Beatles hit song from 1967, All You Need Is Love?. Well I don't, I was not even alive much less thought about back then. But I know it, and today, for some reason, it is has been running through my head. All you need is love, all you need is love, …

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Will Evil Triumph?

God is able to change the hearts and minds of people who are bent towards evil. Yet when I look in the world and all of the things that are in it - war, rumors of war, disease, injustice, exploitation, hunger, poverty, sex trafficking, homelessness, and crime - sometimes I am not so convinced. Sometimes …

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HOPE

Recently, my husband and I went to visit with a friend who lost a loved one. It was a very somber visit where the feeling of grief and sorrow was in the air. We, along with everyone else present, hoped that our gathering would offer some relief, some comfort. But really, how can one be …

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Bread, Wine and Donuts

Before I came to know the Lord, I had a pretty vague understanding of who he was or for that matter who God was, but I knew that he was there. As a child, I had a friend who lived within walking distance of where I lived. We used to spend many weekends over each …

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