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Week 36: Mission Possible
The names of famous missionaries hold respect and awe like almost no other kind of name. People like David Livingstone, Gladys Aylward, Hudson Taylor, Corrie Ten Boom, Brother Andrew, Amy Carmichael, George Muller, Elizabeth Elliot, Cameron Townsend, and Mary Slessor. Chances are you recognized every single one of them, because of what they did on the mission field, and maybe you’ve wanted to meet some of them and shake their hand. I didn’t exactly hang … Read entire article »
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Week 35: The Fear of God is the Beginning of Wisdom
Well, in the thirty plus weeks that I have spent meeting with different men, I haven’t had a day quite like the one I experienced with Cleston Walton today. For starters, he is bipolar, which means he has drastic mood swings (I’ll explain more later). Also, he loves to analyze and study everything, so he’s pretty much a genius. Thirdly, he has some amazing views on life, relationships, and religion that I had never heard … Read entire article »
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Week 34: Charles, A Bike Shop, And Thou
When certain people are surrounded by certain things, whether it be people, a closet, or even animals, they get really claustrophobic. Today, I was surrounded with bicycles all day, and some would have experienced severe claustrophobia. But I didn’t. Instead, I enjoyed myself immensely, while learning a ton about running a bicycle shop and spending some time with Charles Nelson, owner of Trailhead Bicycle Company here in Cleveland, and as big a lover of two-wheeled … Read entire article »
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Week 33: Shining The Light
How many of you readers out there have ever listened to a song played on the radio? Probably every single one of you have. In fact, statistics show that the average teen listens to five hours of music each day, and a big part of that is from the radio. That’s how groups like tobyMac, Third Day, Switchfoot, Hawk Nelson, and a million other groups get popular. However, did you ever wonder how radio stations … Read entire article »
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Knoxville News Sentinel Interview
Nancy Twigg, a freelance writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel, met with David and myself in mid August to do an interview. The article was published Saturday, September 25. You can view the online version of the article (which has photos and related video clips from the interview) by clicking on this link. You may also view PDF copies of the article by clicking on the following links: link to article without graphics or link to article with graphics. … Read entire article »
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Week 32: How To Make An iPhone (and other cool stuff)
Have you ever wondered, who creates all the cool stuff in the world around us? Who thinks up these great gizmos? Well, today I found the answer. It’s the kind of person that Jeff Sharpe, the man I met with, is. They are the mechanical engineers, the unsung heroes of the world. Ever heard of a new toy called the iPhone 4? You have them to thank. Are you going to play a game of … Read entire article »
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