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                    MOVING INTO DIVERSITY
Newer neighborhoods rate best on diversity, report says
Fast-growing cities in the West and South - which drew residents to 
neighborhoods built after passage of fair-housing laws - are among the US’s most racially diverse, according to a Census Bureau report. Still, it
                    
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                    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 16, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    [illustration]
On Christmas morning, the children in a family do not usually all receive the same gifts.
One gets a football, one a puzzle, another receives a doll house, and another a table game.
Yet, although each child does not receive the same gifts as the others, the parents intend the gifts
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 25, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THE DIVERSE DISCIPLES
I have always been a bit of a loner. I was not the sort of person you wanted in your team. I didn't fit. If Jesus hadn't come into my life, I am sure I would have ended up as a starving artist or at least a hermit - a recluse with a long beard, black jeans, T-shirt and
                    
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                    American Faith is Diverse, as Shown Among Five Faith-Based Segments
In this report we are looking at five segments of the population according to the nature and intensity of their faith.  The five groups are evangelical Christians, born again Christians, people who describe themselves as Christian
                    
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                    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 7, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Oprah Winfrey is quoted as saying, “One of the biggest mistakes we make is to believe that there is only one way.
                    
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                    Teammates of the late Willie Stargell called him "Pops" because of his leadership both on and off the baseball field. In 1979, when Stargell led the Pittsburgh Pirates to their second World Series title, the team was nicknamed "The Family" because of their close relationship and
                    
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                    Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 15, 2009
                
                
                
                    John Piper: 
"Luke celebrates this solution. The widows were cared for, and the ministry of the Word of God was not forsaken. Both were utterly crucial. Either could have undermined the church and ended its amazing growth. The solution was the diversity of gifts and calling.  The solution was a
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The real problem in this country is that we are not good followers.  Problem in all facets of our society.  George Barna- "Even though less that 1/5th of the population describe themselves as leaders, few people are willing to follow the vision, the plans, the methods, or the exhortations of
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on Jun 7, 2010
                
                
                
                    SKUNKS AND EVANGELISTS
Don Posterski is an Albertan-born Canadian, living in Ontario.  He served as a pastor but is more widely known for his writings and research.  One of his books is called "True to You – Living our Faith in our Multi-minded World."  He speaks of "emerging cultural etiquette." 
                    
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