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By Maralise Petersen

And Enter to Win $100 Segullah’s annual essay contest, the Heather Campbell Award for Excellence in Writing, is now accepting entries. Congratulations to our 2005 contest winner, Kerry Spencer, for her essay “When Life Begins.” Click here for submission guidelines. Deadline for our 2006 contest: December 31, 2006

Interview of Elona Knighton Shelley by Lisa Garfield

By Maralise Petersen

I loved doing this interview! Elona Knighton Shelley is the author of You Just Have to Love, published in our Spring 2006 issue. Her essay recounts the challenge she faced as the mother of a gay son and the things she learned about love and happiness. Here, she shares some important tips on how we can deal with our own hard circumstances and really claim the gift of charity.

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“Give, Oh Give Away”

By Heather Herrick

Giving and giving would be considered the same as consecrating our time, talents, energy and everything we have, wouldn’t it?  It’s something we’re supposed to do, something we’ve been commanded to do, and something the Lord has promised us blessings for doing.  In her essay Pressed Down, and Shaken Together Rebecca Walker Clarke expresses a desire to learn how to be like the stream from the familiar primary song, to give selflessly.  The stream of giving has taken on a different personality in my mind.  Instead of gently bubbling along, encouraging me to give like Jesus, it has become a swirling current that threatens to drown as I try to give and give.

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