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    Co-pilot Hijacks Ethiopian Airliner and Freedom

    February 19, 2014 / 1 Comment

    The Wall Street Journal reported that on Monday, Feb. 17 the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airways jet was arrested after forcing the Rome-bound aircraft to land in Geneva in a bid for asylum in Switzerland.     Once the plane landed, the man, 31year old Haile-Medhin Abera Tegegn shimmied down a rope from the cockpit window asking for political asylum before the Swiss authorities took him into custody.  Think of the resolve it took to make the choice of hijacking. Was this a desperate grasp for freedom and a chance to start over?  This hijacking raises many questions. What was this co-pilot thinking? Was his desire for freedom worth the…

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    Gail Seidel

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    God of Insignificance

    August 22, 2013 / Comments Off on God of Insignificance

    God celebrates smallness. He invites to Himself amidst our insignificance. Like a silver chord woven into midnight-colored fabric, God’s goodness gleams in the places where we feel isolated and unimportant. Trace the thread through the pages of Genesis. You’ll meet a man named Joseph—chosen by God yet consigned to slavery and imprisonment. Peer into Ruth. Once a pagan, then a proselyte, this widowed woman followed harvesters around trying to gather enough grain to feed herself and her mother-in-law. Go into the gospels. You’ll encounter men who earned their living as laborers—casting nets, cleaning fish, and eventually catching souls.   Scripture’s finest figures spent most of their lives in humble positions.…

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    Amanda DeWitt

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