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Friday August 24, 2007

Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith
TIME has a fascinating article about Mother Teresa’s crisis of faith. “‘If I ever become a Saint — I will surely be one of ‘darkness.’ I will continually be absent from Heaven — to [light] the light of those in darkness on earth,’ she wrote in 1962.”


Suffering and God’s Sovereignty
Timmy Brister posts what he describes as “a remarkable testimony of a brother who has sweetly tasted the all-satisfying excellency of the sovereignty of God in the midst of lifelong, bitter suffering.”


Create Your Own Comics
You know you’ve always wanted to create your own comic. With Stripgenerator you can!


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