Challenge Good News Paper - August 2019
I thought no one could love me
Middle class teen sinks deeply into drugs and self-destruction before finding peace
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Debt paid in full
There are more than four thousand colleges and universities in the United States. I'm guessing that none of them heard a commencement address quite like the one delivered at Morehouse College recently.
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John 15:17-27 - The Gospel of John
Bible study
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Unconditional acceptance
Despite being cut from his club in his native Brazil, German soccer star Cacau found that his unconventional path to the top helped him see God’s love
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X Factor singer changes his tune
Matthew Grech, a former X Factor contestant who sang under the name Jay Omaro, endured a lot of criticism when he stated publicly in 2018 that he was no longer following a same-sex attracted identity
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Bad choice damages actress for decades
Shari Rigby lives the glamour life of a Los Angeles-based author, speaker, and movie director. She is a former model, who represented brands like Mercedes Benz, and American West Airlines, and is an accomplished actress.
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Now on a whole, new Level
Rene Martinez spent the majority of his life in and out of jail, breaking into homes, stealing guns, dealing drugs, and getting into fights.
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Quiet zone for the soul
The Green Bank Observatory, in West Virginia (pictured), is a cluster of radio telescopes in a mountain valley. According to The New York Times's Pagan Kennedy, these giant devices are "like superhuman ears—they can tune into frequencies from the lowest to the highest ends of the spectrum."
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Free from abuse and hauntings
Sandy Boyd remembers when she played in a field of flowers as a child. There she felt safe and loved and free to dance and sing. Sadly, that safe field only existed in her mind.
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John 15:1-16 - The Gospel of John
Bible study
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Faith and sport intertwined
Kiwi Olympian Lucy Van Dalen feels like she’s in a partnership
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Friendly firemen foot the bill
Firemen Doug Hope and Brian Langston feared the worst when they responded to a Life Alert activated by an elderly woman.
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No-hoper finds his destiny
“I felt as if a ton of bricks had lifted off my shoulders”
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The atheist who dared Dawkins
Post-grad student Peter Byrom was bowled over by Richard Dawkins' famous book, The God Delusion.
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Taking a chance on it
Jumping off the top of a cliff or a bridge with a long piece of rubber around one ankle is not my idea of fun. Bungy jumpers, as they are called, seem to like it. You've seen them on TV undoubtedly, and they scare the daylights out of me.
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Snatched from Satanism
“Stay a while” – the schoolboy ignored his kind grandmother’s plea and cursed her before storming out of the bedroom.
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John 14:15-31 - The Gospel of John
Bible study
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Faith-full fighter
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson may be only 23 but he has already proved himself to be not only a brilliant ball player but a dogged and resilient human being, who takes one look at adversity in life and works out how to rise above.
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Unjustly jailed for 39 years
Much about today's news leaves us feeling powerless. The death toll from the recent Brazilian dam collapse exceeded 99, with another 259 missing and feared dead. A gardener in Toronto has pled guilty to killing eight men, some of whom he buried in planters. Floods in Saudi Arabia have killed at least twelve people.
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Making sense of suffering
Many people have experienced suffering to a greater or lesser degree – in fact if you haven't you probably just haven't lived long enough yet. Suffering is part of life but for some people it seems that they get more than their 'fair' share.
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