September 11th, 2001 is still considered the most catastrophic event in American history. At least 2,985 people died in the terrorist attacks and all of us have vivid memories of the tragedy. Abortion, in my opinion, is also a terrible tragedy that is ongoing. Sadly it is not a past atrocity like the concentration camps [...]

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Before I lived in the States, homecoming was an old fashioned word describing a much appreciated return home after a long absence. The word might be written in a Victorian novel and the return, at least in my imagination, would be by horse or in a horse drawn carriage. I was a slow learner and [...]

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My British upbringing included participating in and attending the local village horticultural show. This was a community event which was put on, not with the goal of raising money but instead, to appreciate local gardeners and to perpetuate a delightful village tradition. Any money that was made was pumped back into the following year’s show. [...]

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Our son, Tom, is now beginning a new life at the University of Chicago. I am surprised that as his mother, I feel at peace about this transition. I had the opportunity to visit the college and to enjoy the green and leafy quads; and old buildings, at least by Californian standards. It reminded me [...]

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I admitted in an earlier post “the round church” that my goals were focused on getting into college, being nice and receiving attention from boys with the hope that that one day I would get married. A further goal, once I got married, was to have kids. I appreciate that many women would consider me [...]

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Most people who lived in England when I was a kid considered that they were Christians. Many of us went through the ritual of church and were satisfied that that was enough. Once I had acknowledged that everyone is by nature wretched and mean and not at all ready to go to Heaven, I realized [...]

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I have described how Jesus began to change my life when I started as a student at Homerton College Cambridge in 1980. Responding to Jesus’s invitation to become a child of God has influenced every response that I have made since then. However, when I first became a Christian I was like a very small [...]

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As I had already been to boarding school when I was younger, arriving at Homerton College, Cambridge was exciting but not intimidating. I was eager to join clubs and hear speakers and when I heard that there was a Christian Union meeting, featuring a pastor from one of the local churches, I was happy to [...]

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When I was seventeen and in my final year at school, I was at one of those superficial, rather boring teenage parties when I met a guy who invited me to church. This seemed like a very strange date and I laughed with my family about it. I sat through an unmemorable service in another [...]

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