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// California Teen Sets Sail Around the World

On Saturday, January 23, 16-year old Abbey Sunderland of Marina Del Rey, California, set out to sea on her 40-foot boat named “Wild Eyes,” to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.  Equipped with pre-packaged meals, high-tech equipment, and a satellite phone, she aims to head south towards Cape Horn, and sail through the southern ocean, back to California.  Sunderland’s parents are comfortable with their daughter sailing alone, knowing that she will be covered in prayer. Original article.

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// Controversial New Book Reveals the Truth About Faith and Sports

Shirl Hoffman’s book, In Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports, examines the clash between the values Christians pursue in their lives with attitudes and behaviors they accept and promote in the sports arena. His book explains that “Christians use sports as a kind of sanctuary in which they are not expected to think or act like Christians.”  Hoffman believes that Christians needs to re-examine the prominence of violent sports in their lives. Original article.

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// Two Koreas Exchange Fire Near Disputed Border

North Korea fired artillery rounds into the disputed sea border on Wednesday, January 27. South Korea immediately responded with 100 warning shots.  Ever since the drawing of the sea border at the end of the Korean War, tensions between the two countries have remained high. Yoo Ho Yeol, professor at the University in South Korea explains that the North’s actions were aimed at highlighting the need for a peace treaty for a peninsula that remains a warzone. Original article.

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// Hold The Hallelujah: The Perils Of Rifles And Religion

Weapons manufacturer Trijicon has been requested to stop stamping Biblical references to rifles being sold to the U.S. military. Benjamin Busch, an infantry officer in the Marine Corp, cautions that Christians must be weary of the messages being sent to enemies in the battlefield. Inscriptions of Bible passages may seem innocuous and even quaint, but, as Busch explains, when dealing with efforts in the Middle East those small symbols may confound American efforts with those of Christian ones. Original article.

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// Modern-day slavery, right in my own backyard

Human trafficking not only exists, but seems to be thriving right under our noses as an epidemic second only to illegal drug sales in the United States. Consensus reveals that the blame is on economic hardships and the growing trends of promiscuous lifestyles in our culture as influencing young people into a world of prostitution. Unknown to many, however, is the fact that many involved in prostitution are mere victims themselves of the underground sex trade. Original article.

Special thanks to contributing writers, Grace Kwon and Jacob Chung.

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