Power
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Change
Spring 2025
Featured Posts
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Safe: When abuse hits home
Story By Melyssa Brown Photos By Stephen Green LAST AUGUST, KAREN FINALLY DID IT. “And he’s outside and he came up, just like a tornado, screaming in the front yard, hollering at me.” He told her they needed to talk. Her friend begged her not to get in his truck, but it “was a matter…
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Poor on Purpose
ix friends sit together outside of Common Grounds on a damp and drizzly evening. The table’s overhead umbrella keeps them dry as they discuss theology and the true meaning of Christian community, conversation foreign to most university coffee shops, but typical at Baylor.
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A Second Chance at Home
The weather was unusually mild for Texas, the air barely warm in spite of the bright sun. The grass was still a bit damp from the previous night’s storm. Green fields stretched for miles in all directions. It was a perfect day for riding horses.
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Teaching Confidence
After Hurricane Katrina swamped his hometown, 15-year-old New Orleans native Killian “Bingo” Zacharias would soon find himself in a new state and a strange community – Waco. He would also find himself repeating his freshman year because his academic records had been destroyed by Katrina, along with everything else in his old neighborhood.
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More Than Just Kid Stuff
Today 67 children in the United States will be diagnosed with autism: more than AIDS, juvenile diabetes and cancer combined. With so many children and families affected by the disorder, the Waco community has come together to help.
