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It's March Madness, Baby
By Kevin AltonUnless this is your first March to live in the United States, you’ve no doubt experienced to some degree the frenzy that surrounds this spectacle: wild predictions, arguments about those...
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Oh, Mama!
By Kevin AltonThis Sunday is Mothers’ Day. Particularly at church, it seems, this holiday gets carried off with a certain ceremony; people dress differently, wear roses on their lapels, create special...
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The Big Reveal
By Kevin AltonIn February, a years-old rumor came to fruition: The iPhone 4 came to Verizon Wireless. Until then the iPhone had been bound by an exclusivity contract with AT&T. Those who wanted the...
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Free to Be God's People
By Kevin AltonThere’s an old joke about the Fourth of July: Do they have a fourth of July in England? Occasionally you’ll catch someone off-guard with this one, but the answer should be immediately...
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Load Up!
By Kevin AltonIt's Labor Day weekend! Our last hurrah before bidding adieu to summer once again. Some families take the opportunity to head out of town for a brief end-of-summer vacation. We have such...
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Made of Time
By Kevin AltonSarah has a lot going on. She plays in three school sports a year, each of which involves daily practices during the season and regular workouts in the off-season. As a favor to her, the...
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Block Party
By Kevin AltonOn September 17, 2011, the movement called “Occupy Wall Street” began in Zuccotti Park (now called Liberty Plaza), located in New York’s financial district. In the weeks since, similar...
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The Re-Gift
By Kevin AltonMerry Christmas. The gift exchange is at the heart of many of our Christmas celebrations. Among close friends we are often surprised by sentimental and carefully chosen presents. Among...
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Take a Vow
By Kevin AltonThe recent movie The Vow explores a situation that would be a nightmare for any married couple: Following a violent car accident, a young woman wakes in the hospital with no memory of her...
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Jesus' Birthday Wish List
By Kevin AltonWhat do you get for somebody who has everything?Choosing Christmas gifts is one of the most torturous social exercises known to humankind. It’s our own fault that it has become that way;...
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The Big One
By Kevin AltonSomewhere on some sports team’s schedule at your local high school is a game that is considered “the big game.” If the team loses all the rest of its games but wins that one, so be it....
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Gone, Baby, Gone
By Kevin AltonLast month a post on CNN’s Belief Blog by popular Christian writer Rachel Held Evans sparked a firestorm of online response and real-world discussion about why members of the Millennial...
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The Future Is Now
By Kevin AltonStephen Hawking is worried about the future. When Stephen Hawking is worried about the future, we all should be worried about the future. In an online article posted May 1, the brilliant...
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When I was your age
By Kevin Alton, LinC (Living in Christ)For the most part, everybody always wants to be just ahead of where they are in life. Someone ahead of us in age, capability, or accomplishment catches our eye...
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Safe as houses
By Kevin Alton, LinC (Living in Christ)Bigger is always better, right? Not if you ask an increasing number of people gravitating toward smaller real estate. The Wiki page for the tiny house movement...
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Eyewitness
By Kevin Alton, LinC (Living in Christ)On Saturday, August 9th, Michael Brown was confronted by a police officer regarding a convenience store robbery. Within minutes Michael had been shot dead by the...
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It's how you play the game
By Kevin Alton, LinC (Living in Christ)Sunday is the big game! Not everyone cares about “the big game,” but it’s increasingly difficult to find people who don’t have some knowledge of the Super Bowl,...
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Feasting faster
By Kevin Alton, LinC (Living in Christ)Earlier this week, many Christians celebrated the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday. One could argue that the celebration was actually the night before on Fat...
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