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Mary Slessor: Barefoot in the Jungle, Saving Lives
Calabar· 1876-1915
Mary Slessor left the slums of Dundee for the jungles of Calabar, Nigeria, where she spent nearly forty years walking barefoot through the rainforest,...
John Muir: Finding God in Every Leaf and Waterfall
Yosemite Valley· 1860s-1910s
John Muir, raised under severe religious discipline in Scotland, found his deepest sense of God not in his father's sermons but in the forests of...
Jentezen Franklin Led His Church Through a Corporate Fast and Everything Changed
Gainesville· 2001
In 2001, megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin launched an annual twenty-one-day corporate fast at Free Chapel.
Mahesh Chavda Fasted for Forty Days and His Ministry Was Transformed
United States· 1977
Pastor Mahesh Chavda completed a forty-day fast in 1977 and experienced a dramatic shift in his healing ministry.
They Adopted Three Daughters — Then Their World Collapsed in a Driveway
Franklin· 2008
Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman adopted 3 daughters from China. In May 2008, youngest daughter Maria was accidentally killed in their driveway.
Boris & Dushka Vujicic: A Son Born Without Arms or Legs
Melbourne· 1982
Boris and Dushka Vujicic were devastated when their son Nick was born without arms or legs in 1982.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Letters That Survived the Execution
Berlin & Flossenburg· 1935-1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote his most profound theology from a Nazi prison — in letters to his closest friend Eberhard Bethge. Bonhoeffer was executed in 1945.
Ten Words That Carried a Quadriplegic Through 60 Years
Chesapeake Bay· 1967-1970s
After a diving accident left her quadriplegic at 17, Joni Eareckson Tada met teenager Steve Estes, who spoke 10 words that changed everything.
Kelsey Grammer: When the Script Arrived the Morning After the Prayer
Los Angeles· 2022-2023
Kelsey Grammer cursed God after his sister's murder and spent decades in addiction.
Dan Wooding: The Fleet Street Journalist Whose Story Wouldn't Let Him Go
London· 1970s-1980s
Dan Wooding was a Fleet Street tabloid journalist (Sunday People, Sunday Mirror). A life-threatening gangster story brought him back to faith.
William Colgate Tithed from His First Dollar and Built a Global Brand
New York· 1804-1857
William Colgate tithed from his very first dollar in 1804, increased his giving to 30% as his company grew, and built what became the Colgate-Palmolive...
7p in Her Account — Gave Last Penny, God Funded Postgrad
United Kingdom· 2014
Zimbabwean student Tendai Chetse gave her last 7p in a church offering, then watched as scholarships, bursaries, and work appeared to fully fund her UK...