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Keep on Truckin'
How to bring a couple back together: share a long-haul drive in an 18-wheeler
6 min |
October/November 2023
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My Answer to Pain
Inflammation was wreaking havoc with my health. Was God trying to show me a better way to live?
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Letters From Phil
My older brother and I went our separate ways: he to the Air Force, me to a marriage that didn't last. He lived a rough-and-tumble life, but that's not what really worried me
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Bad Boy of the Bible
A conversation with pastor and best-selling author Max Lucado about anxiety, imperfection and his new book, God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob's Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy and God's Relentless Love
8 min |
October/November 2023
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The Pet Portraitist
At my age, was it too late to find a new direction in life?
6 min |
October/November 2023
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Healing Together
Mental health issues. You hear about it in other families. You never think it could be happening with your own kids
7 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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EVERYDAY GREATNESS Loose Ends
Jennifer Simonic, Masey Kaplan and their crew of volunteers finish craft projects people's loved ones left behind
2 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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A Love That Forgives
Sixty years ago this September, Klansmen bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls. Years later, this survivor found a mysterious message in the very Bible she carried that tragic day
8 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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The Late Innings
I wanted to take my mom to one last Tigers game
5 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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"He Was Your Dad Too"
My stepfather and I were close. I always worried that his daughters resented me
4 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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A Moment of Understanding
How could I care for a mother who never cared for me?
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Blessings in Abundance
\"Let's pray about this,\" my husband said when I lost my job. But pray for what?
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Garden Party
Rick Nelson epitomized all-American wholesomeness playing the son of his real-life parents in the 1950s-'60s sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
1 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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ROAD TEST
I was scared enough of driving. The thought of my teenage daughter doing it? Terrifying
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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The Reluctant Grandma
I wanted to be there for little Junie. Just not the way my daughter wanted me to be
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Hoop Dreams
For the star coach of the hit Netflix show Last Chance U: Basketball, the real winning happens off the court
6 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Begin Again
With the kids launched, John and I were ready to start the second act of our life together. But we didn't realize how much we'd grown apart
7 min |
Aug/Sept 2023
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Soda and the Hawk
My little rescue dog, Soda, and I ventured out at sunrise. Our usual morning walk is a quick loop around the yard, but Soda had other plans, pulling forward with purpose.
1 min |
June/July 2023
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Weathering the Storm
Out here on the prairie, your nearest neighbor can be a mile away. But in times of trouble, they're right by your side
6 min |
June/July 2023
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what prayer can do
POWER IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES
1 min |
June/July 2023
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Dad's 54 Dreams
My father never completed his bucket list. Now I wanted to do it for him
5 min |
June/July 2023
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Cliffhanger
A narrow mountain trail, a sudden slip and a last grasp at life
4 min |
June/July 2023
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The Big Reveal
What had I put into that time capsule 50 years ago? My whole family was on the edge of their seats
4 min |
June/July 2023
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Lessons From the Garden
I was hurting so much, I wasn't even talking to God. Then my friend came up with a suggestion that I didn't understand. At least at first
5 min |
June/July 2023
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Extreme Makeover: Trailer Edition
I couldn't stop the bullying. But I found another way to help my teenage daughter
7 min |
June/July 2023
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The Aftermath
I was a witness to a violent crime. Little did I know how much that would affect me
8 min |
June/July 2023
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Operation Tadpole
My son didn't have the greatest track record with following through. Would this be any different?
5 min |
June/July 2023
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Solitary Man
Fifteen years ago, when Hurricane Ike destroyed nearly all the homes on Oak Island, a suburb of Houston, Texas, residents got help from an unlikely source—Neil Diamond.
1 min |
June/July 2023
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Me and the Old Oak Tree
I was 10 years old and in over my head. Who was going to get me out of this jam?
3 min |
June/July 2023
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"I Felt a Connection"
I was so isolated in grieving my son's death. Then a stranger reached out
7 min |