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A La Carte (January 20)

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Zobrist’s Goodbye – I enjoyed reading what Ben Zobrist did as he left Tampa Bay (after being traded to the Oakland A’s).

20 Things for My Daughter – This is a great list: 20 things Melissa wants her daughter to understand about being a woman.

This Will Revolutionize Education – “Many technologies have promised to revolutionize education, but so far none has. With that in mind, what could revolutionize education?” This is quite an enjoyable video.

Undeveloped World War II Film Discovered – You might like this video in which the Rescued Film Project discovers and processes 31 rolls of film shot by an American WWII soldier over 70 years ago.

The Oldest Gospel Fragment – “A text found on papyrus used on a mummy mask may be the oldest copy of a gospel known to exist—a fragment of the Gospel of Mark that was written during the first century, before the year AD 90.”

What Did Jesus Mean? – What did Jesus mean when he said we would do greater work than he would do? Here’s R.C. Sproul’s explanation.

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We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone.

—Os Guinness

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