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Choose to Be Brave

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Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth.  Life may be thought of as a series of big decisions and little decisions. The big ones seem to predominate: Where will you live, and what line of work will you… Read more »

Profiles in Courage

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There are different kinds of courage. That was on display within the same Chicago family in the 1930s and 40s.  Less than three months after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II, the U.S. fleet was maneuvering near the Solomon Islands in the south Pacific. On February 20, 1942, the aircraft carrier Lexington successfully fought… Read more »