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When Saying Nothing Speaks Loudest
By Rebecca West
Truth does not have to be expressed in words when standing up to power. At times it is far more powerful when nothing is spoken at all.
In the mid-1990’s, the hotels along Century Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, joined together to prevent hotel workers from organizing a labor union. With one exception, the leaders of these hotels were stalling with hopes that the union efforts would dissolve.
Whistle-Blower
By James Schwarzlose
The e-mail note was terse that Tuesday morning:
“I am writing you directly because I really need prayer at this time. If you could let a few people know, I would appreciate it.
The Audacity of Following Jesus
By Joyce Hollyday
Jesus had the audacity to preach that the hungry should receive food and the sick receive care. And he had the courage to make his home among the outcasts of his day: the lame, the blind, the lepers, the prostitutes, and the beggars.
I Am the Man
By Glenn Schwerdtfeger
Nathan dropped the bomb on David:
YOU are the man!
You’re the man who took,
who plotted and contrived.
And for the rest of his life
David lived with that aching,
unalterable truth:
He was the man.