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The World and Everything in It

More than a roof

September 7, 2025August 27, 2025

Volunteers in North Carolina transform shelter rooms, restoring comfort and stability for families in crisis.
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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags A Lotta Love, Families Moving Forward, interior design, Lotta Sjoelin, Melissa Cross, trauma informed design

Sketching stories, sharing faith

September 7, 2025May 21, 2025

From The Hiccupotamus to illustrations of Scripture, Aaron Zenz uses creativity to reflect God’s story.
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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags Aaron Zenz, children's book, children's book author, creative, creativity, drawing scripture, illustrating scripture

Escape from Vietnam

May 4, 2025April 30, 2025

How the fall of Saigon shaped one boy’s life and faith.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags boat people, faith, fall of Saigon, Hung Le, Orderly Departure Program, re-education camps, Vietnam, Vietnamese refugees

Finding a place for nuclear waste

May 4, 2025March 31, 2025

The Supreme Court weighs Texas’ challenge to a proposed storage site for spent nuclear fuel.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags Interim Storage Partners, nuclear energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, spent nuclear fuel, Supreme Court, Texas

On the trail with Lewis & Clark

May 4, 2025October 15, 2024

A historian and cartographer talk about the path taken by the Corps of Discovery.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags Corps of Discovery, Lewis & Clark, northwest passage, The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

Remembering 9/11

October 2, 2024September 11, 2024

A story about the Waves of Flags display at Pepperdine University.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags 9/11, Pepperdine University, September 11, terrorist attack, Waves of Flags

Animal rights in court

October 2, 2024August 26, 2024

Animal activists call for personhood status of animals in lawsuits, but courts have remained consistent with Judeo-Christian ethics.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags animal law, animal rights

A transformed life

October 2, 2024August 19, 2024

God uses the compassion of a Christian lawyer to change the heart of a convicted felon.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags attorney client relationship, Bob Cochran, The Servant Lawyer

Beyond spelling

October 2, 2024May 30, 2024

Spelling bee contestants must know how to spell the words and must know their meanings.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags Scripps National Spelling Bee, spelling, vocabulary words

Homelessness and the Eighth Amendment

October 2, 2024May 6, 2024

The Supreme Court considers whether criminalizing homeless camping is cruel and unusual punishment.

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Categories The World and Everything in It Tags cruel and unusual punishment, Eighth Amendment, excessive fines, Gospel Rescue Mission, Grants Pass, homelessness ban, Riverside Park
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  • More than a roof
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  • Sketching stories, sharing faith
  • Escape from Vietnam
  • Finding a place for nuclear waste
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  • Navigating the wilderness of grief
  • On the trail with Lewis & Clark
  • Remembering 9/11

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