Intimate Strangers_The Dare of a Lifetime_Somewhere Under the Rainbow_The Plunge
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Intimate Strangers
The weather warning came in the morning when I was preparing to drive into the city, so at the last minute, I decided to take the bus. It wasn’t my idea, but my friend Pearl was very persuasive. “Buses are slower but they are safer when there’s snow because their visibility is so much better,” Pearl encouraged. “I don’t like the thought of you white-knuckling it down the highway for hours.” I didn’t much like that idea either but the thought of travelling on a crowded bus, inching its way through every small town on the way to the city wasn’t all that enticing either. In the end, I decided to ...
The Dare of a Lifetime
George and his best friend Ethan were playing in the creek on a warm, summer afternoon. Ethan was talking like he always did about Jesus and how George could get to heaven. He quoted the verse John 3:16; “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him shall have eternal life”. These young men were 17 years old and they were like any teenage boys, they liked to dare each other to do things and they like to take those dares. As Ethan swung out over the water in an old tire swing he shouted at George; “I dare you to say that you accept Jesus as y...
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Thea’s phone buzzed once. The firstwww.onedoor.cc alarm – two hours until sunrise. Her stomach filled with dread. She called forward to where Christina was leading point, followed closely by Sal and further back, Leon. “We’ve got two hours! The first place we see, we’re taking it!” Up in front, Christina gave a short nod that would have been barely distinguishable had Thea not been used to looking for it. Leon’s back sagged a little out of relief. He always felt safer indoors, and Thea couldn’t fault him. Now that they were passing through Indiana’s giant swaths of farmland, shelter was becoming more and m...
The Plunge
College times had come for Claire, and she was in her freshman year at a University 3 hours from her hometown. She had selected this University mainly for the academics and spatial layout of the campus. As far as the human dynamics of this University went, she felt pretty much at ease. With some guidance and intuition, she knew to be generally accepting but also that people don't always get along with one another. Claire and Annabelle were roommates. Claire was organized and Annabelle preferred a neat and tidy space. Claire was a design major and Annabelle was a business major. They both went ...