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What is faith? For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it

I had a dorm room to myself for one semester way back in 1982. Studying physics and math left

Written by St. John of the Cross. c. 1578 I. In a dark night, With anxious love inflamed, O, happy

What kinds of boots should I buy? What kind of knife? What about a compass (or two)? Gear was the

I have spent a fair amount of time driving the back roads of South and North Carolina. I'm amazed at

I was on the track team during my junior year in high school, typically competing in the mile and half-mile

At 4.2 light-years away, Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to the earth other than the sun. According to

This weekend I did some carpet cleaning. As I read the instructions on the rental cleaner, a note caught my

I'm down to six hours before I have to be out of my apartment. A little over sixty days ago,

"Maybe this isn't about being comfortable." Asked to perform a familiar task in a new setting, a friend of mine

