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April 2013

April 30, 2013
Want to give an effective talk?  A national magazine for executives recommends the following, easy-to-remember...
April 29, 2013
As 77-year-old Jane Corbett drove to buy groceries for the St. Louis, Missouri homeless shelter...
April 28, 2013
How important is laughter in one’s spiritual journey?  According to the late Charles M. Schulz,...
April 27, 2013
Lunchtime in New York City. Tourists rush from spot to spot, breathless from activity. Workers...
April 26, 2013
When employers and employees don’t treat each other with respect, a workplace can become stressful. ...
April 25, 2013
Though she achieved success as an actress, including as a co-star with Elvis Presley, Dolores...
April 24, 2013
On her first mission trip, to Guyana in South America, Jo Yerrick remembers fitting villagers—mostly...
April 23, 2013
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once wrote the following about the importance of being a person...
April 22, 2013
Twenty-seven-year-old Jamie Feretic of Queens, New York, decided to make a difference for the disabled...
April 21, 2013
Some sports writers dismiss professional athletes’ expressions of their religious faith, but Bob Raissman of...
April 20, 2013
One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace in Italy, the future...
April 19, 2013
Ellen headed to work on a Friday morning. Her mind should have been filled with...
April 18, 2013
Face it—it’s a digital world.  Whether for work or connecting with friends and family, we’re...
April 17, 2013
Pat Smith of Owatonna, Minnesota, is the father of 11-year-old identical twin boys Nate and...
April 16, 2013
What traits will help you get a job or get ahead in a job you...
April 15, 2013
American General Douglas MacArthur kept a poem in his office entitled “How to Stay Young.” ...
April 14, 2013
Saving someone’s life isn’t minor, but that’s how Pastor Johnny Byrd characterized his actions which...
April 13, 2013
Thomas A. Edison had strong reasons to throw his hands up in despair.  As a...
April 12, 2013
Rita Saverino, a wife and mother of two in New York City, was diagnosed with...
April 11, 2013
It’s easy to get consumed by worries of what other people think of you.  Up-and-coming...
April 10, 2013
Twenty-one-year-old singer/songwriter Paige Omartian knows that life is precious because she almost lost hers to...
April 09, 2013
Golfer Bubba Watson surprised everyone, including himself, when he won the 2012 Masters Tournament on...
April 08, 2013
With a broken driver’s-side door handle inside her minivan, mother of five Jennifer Fulwiler tried...
April 07, 2013
Though Sister Anne Brooks tends to the spiritual needs of the people in poverty-stricken Tutwiler,...
April 06, 2013
Family life is filled with an excessive amount of activities and often not a lot...
April 05, 2013
You may want to comfort a friend or loved one who’s struggling with cancer, but...
April 04, 2013
Most teenagers ask for cash on their 16th birthday, and high-school junior Kara Magoolaghan from...
April 03, 2013
Swimmer Katie Ledecky, 15, was the youngest member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team in...
April 02, 2013
On August 16, 2008, a small private plane carrying popular “mommy blogger” Stephanie Nielson and...
April 01, 2013
Two of Jesus’ followers were traveling to Emmaus on the first Easter, when the risen...
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