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Ode to the most amazing Valentine ever created | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Feb. 14 is the midpoint of the month. It’s the date on our calendars that Cupid’s arrow seems…
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Forget looking for shadows – look in the mirror | Greg Asimakoupoulos
February is a month of special days. It’s Black History Month. It’s mid-winter break month to get away…
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These Americans had a dream. What’s yours? | Greg Asimakoupoulos
This month, our nation pauses to look up to a man who was looked down on for the…
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New year and that one family member we don’t talk about | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Last summer, my 5-year-old and 3-year-old granddaughters were watching the Disney movie “Encanto” repeatedly. As a result, long…
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What if Jesus had never been born? | Greg Asimakoupoulos
When Philip Van Doren Stern’s 4,000-word short story “The Greatest Gift” failed to impress a prospective publisher, the…
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The critical search for balance during the holiday season | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Earlier this fall, I was attending a leadership summit in a suburb of Chicago. Following our sessions one…
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Remembering the year Thanksgiving came early | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Oct. 31, 1994. It’s a day our family will never forget. It was a cold, windy and rainy…
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A classic movie with timeless message | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Last month was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But for the last 25 years or so, October has also…
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Picturing contentment: Life lessons from the original Facebook | Greg Asimakoupoulos
The other day I came across my student pictorial directory from Fuller Seminary. Of course, I looked for…
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For Mariners fans, there actually is crying in baseball | Greg Asimakoupoulos
There’s a line in the movie “A League of Their Own” where Tom Hanks’ character says, “There’s no…
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The silver lining of national sorrow | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Where were you when you were told that Pearl Harbor had been bombed? What were you doing when…
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A voice of encouragement still rings in my head | Greg Asimakoupoulos
Three months before I began my freshman year at Seattle Pacific University in the fall of 1970, I…
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An invitation to paint rocks and learn by example | Greg Asimakoupoulos
During the height of COVID, quarantined artists in my community found a creative expression for their talent. They…