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First fruits

First fruits

Cover Story | From hundreds of nominations, we've picked nine effective poverty-fighting groups for a $20,000 contest. Here are the first three.

In this issue: "Profiles in effective compassion," Sept. 26, 2009

Features

Church of the disabled
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Church of the disabled

Hope Award |  Minnesota's Christ for People leaves no one behind

CrossOver appeal
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CrossOver appeal

Hope Award |  A Christian health clinic becomes a safety net for the uninsured

Forgiven, not forgotten
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Forgiven, not forgotten

Hope Award |  North Carolina ministry seeks to build ties between prisoners and their children

Bad side effects
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Bad side effects

Healthcare |  The signs of a system for rationing healthcare began with stimulus package provisions

Finding quality at the end of life
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Finding quality at the end of life

Healthcare |  Two victims of ALS discuss outlasting the medical odds, and how those odds may change under government-based care

All alone?
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All alone?

Israel |  Former ambassador to the UN talks diplomacy and looming threat of a nuclear Iran

After civil war, war crimes?
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After civil war, war crimes?

Asia |  Workers say Sri Lankan government is abusing Tamil 'refugees'

Help and hinderances
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Help and hinderances

Missions |  A U.S. team in militarized Burma assists a church despite government interference

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Human Race

Human Race |  DIED: Robert Schindler died Aug. 29 from heart failure. The father of Terri Schiavo, who died March 31, 2005, after the courts granted her estranged husband…

Houses of God
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Houses of God

Houses of God |  Inside South Korea's Hanowan resettlement facility is a chapel for defectors from North Korea. The facility is in Gyeonggi Province south of Seoul.

Car counselor
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Car counselor

Lifestyle/Technology |  Mike Lacy demonstrates an Ephesians 2:10 model of selling used cars

A real kick in the teeth
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A real kick in the teeth

Europe |  A star player's high-profile move from Manchester to Madrid may signal changes in Europe that go beyond soccer

No excuses
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No excuses

Education |  Three schools prove that urban minority students can overcome obstacles

Finding peace
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Finding peace

Q&A |  Executive, whistleblower, thief: Mark Whitacre's three lives will soon be displayed in theaters nationwide, but the new, fourth life-turning to Christ-is the…

Supreme test
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Supreme test

Politics |  Opponents of McCain-Feingold are getting their day in court, and the result could mean profound changes in the controversial campaign law

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Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead |  News to watch in the weeks to come

Aid dependents
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Aid dependents

Charity |  World Relief's almost-hire spotlights ministries need for government funds

Dispatches

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Oddball occurences

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Quotables

Memorable things they said

The Buzz
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The Buzz

Need-to-know news

Reviews

Bait and switch
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Bait and switch

Television |  After a promising first episode, Fox's Glee goes over the edge

An American story
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An American story

Movies |  Uplifting Amreeka works as both education and entertainment

Body snatchers
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Body snatchers

Movies |  Grotesque Gamer does poorly what others have done well

Workplace jungle
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Workplace jungle

Movies |  Extract 's language and plot detract from its few fine moments

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Four new or recent pop-music releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

Bruce goes berserk
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Bruce goes berserk

Music |  Hornsby's Levitate vilely caricatures conservatives

Sad songs
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Sad songs

Music |  Folk artist Sara Beth Geoghegan searches for hope in grief and failure

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Notable books

Notable Books |  Four current novels reviewed by Susan Olasky

A cruel type of kindness
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A cruel type of kindness

Books |  Don Eberly shows how international aid has hurt Africa, and he points to a better way

Notebook

Shaq vs. reality
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Shaq vs. reality

Sports |  NBA's man of steel is anything but invincible in new TV show

Voices

Remarkable providence
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Remarkable providence

When a tornado hits, four centuries of press history flash before my eyes

Planned parenthood
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Planned parenthood

There are more reasons than fear why children don't come out to play

Hidden pain
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Hidden pain

Politics suppresses the problems of many post-abortive women

Big big rigs
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Big big rigs

Wide open highway is wide open opportunity

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

Blood on the ground
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Blood on the ground

Policies to detain terrorists were designed to prevent it

Refreshing reversal
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Refreshing reversal

Zondervan takes a step in what may be a very good direction

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