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December 2012

December 31, 2012
Father James Keller, the founder of The Christophers, had this to say about the guiding...
December 30, 2012
The Power to Give It’s said that it’s better to give than to receive. But...
December 29, 2012
When Vonetta Flowers competed for a spot in the 2000 Summer Olympics, she never imagined...
December 28, 2012
During the mid-1950’s, a group of atheists demanded that the words “under God” be removed...
December 27, 2012
“Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due.” This is an...
December 26, 2012
In today’s paper-less society, it’s no small wonder that the art of writing thank-you notes...
December 25, 2012
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once shared these thoughts about Jesus’ birth: “[Joseph] searched for a...
December 24, 2012
Former American Idol contestant and Grammy-nominated gospel singer Mandisa remembers one Christmas when loneliness threatened...
December 23, 2012
When Elizabeth Scalia’s brother was dying in a hospice in December, 2004, he read an...
December 22, 2012
George Frederick Handel lived to see his oratorio, The Messiah, become a cherished tradition.  First...
December 21, 2012
Christmas for Forgotten Angels Though Clarence Adams didn’t know much about homelessness when he got...
December 20, 2012
There is a Victorian saying stating that children are to be seen but not heard. ...
December 19, 2012
Twenty-one-year-old Haylee Cain felt alone and hopeless.  Afflicted with cerebral palsy which affects her arms...
December 18, 2012
With so much focus on December 25, we sometimes forget that the Christmas season doesn’t...
December 17, 2012
Many years ago, Albert Rosen, a Jewish salesman in Milwaukee, decided to help a Christian...
December 16, 2012
Philip Stover and Father Charles Ehrenbach were strangers stranded at the Philadelphia Airport because of...
December 15, 2012
Today we’d like to share with you a Christopher prayer for parents: “Heavenly Father, You...
December 14, 2012
Actor Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) was always outspoken about his Christian beliefs. ...
December 13, 2012
Twenty-nine-year-old tree trimmer John Wilkinson only had vision in one eye due to a sports...
December 12, 2012
A shipwreck survivor washed up on a small, deserted island.  The man prayed to God...
December 11, 2012
Every weekday morning, volunteers from Holy Family Church in Omaha, Nebraska, make approximately 900 sack...
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