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August 2014

August 05, 2014

Taylor Swift’s New Duet Partner is Six-Year-Old with Leukemia

In what qualifies as the celebrity good deed of the week, Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Son Thanks Mother for Gift of Life By Donating His Kidney to Save Her Life

I just came across this preview clip of tonight's episode of "NY Med" on ABC...

July 23, 2014

A Little Girl’s Brain Injury Set Her Dad on a Quest for Treatment and Healing

When Sarah Jane Donohue came into the world on June 5, 2005, she was a...

June 2014

June 13, 2014

‘Every Day is a Good Day to Remember Sam and What He Stood For’

One of this year's Christopher Awards went to the documentary "Life According to Sam." It...

June 09, 2014

“Dark of Night” Explores Dark Topics on Hallmark Channel’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”

Nobody can accuse executive producer Martha Williamson of shying away from tough topics in her...

June 06, 2014

Kittens, “Cosmos,” Culture Wars, and the Coexistence of Science & Faith

When the new version of the TV series "Cosmos" premiered a few months ago, it...

June 05, 2014

Restoring Order with Stories: Damon Lindelof, Walt Disney, & Faith/Parental Issues on “Lost”

Sunday's New York Times featured a fascinating profile of Damon Lindelof, who served as co-showrunner...

May 2014

May 21, 2014

Heaven, Iowa, and the Love of Fathers in “Field of Dreams”

I didn't realize that the movie "Field of Dreams" was now 25 years old until...

May 13, 2014

UPDATE WITH VIDEO: Once They Get Into the Shelter, There’s the Concept of Grace

Just ahead of this year's Christopher Awards ceremony, where the film "Gimme Shelter" (now on...

May 01, 2014

Prison Chaplain Father David T. Link & Comedy Writer Tom Leopold Win Special Christopher Awards

NEW YORK, May 1, 2014 — At the 65th annual Christopher Awards ceremony on Thursday,...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Traveling 4,200 Miles To Deliver Puppy Love

When Christine Davies was deployed in Kuwait as a member of the U.S. National Guard,...

April 15, 2014

When Your Baby’s Life is Expected to Be Brief: A Look at Perinatal Hospice and Palliative Care

Pregnancy is supposed to be a joyful time for a couple, but for Amy Kuebelbeck...

April 03, 2014

NY Met Daniel Murphy Should Be Applauded, Not Criticized, for Paternity Leave

New York Met second baseman Daniel Murphy has found himself in the middle of an...

April 01, 2014

Opening Your Heart to Adoption: One Woman’s Story

Though Christina Beahan grew up in a big Polish/Dutch family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Harlem Globetrotters Add Teen with Down Syndrome to Roster

Eighteen-year-old Kevin Grow from Bensalem, Pennsylvania, became an Internet phenomenon when video of him scoring...

March 04, 2014

TV That’s Changing Lives: A Look at “Bulloch Family Ranch: Season Two”

If Julie and Rusty Bulloch were innkeepers in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, they would have...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

Pregnant Teen Finds Hope and Healing: A Look at the Movie “Gimme Shelter”

"Last time I asked for God's help, He put me here," 16-year-old Apple Bailey angrily...

January 08, 2014

Choosing Motherhood in a Dangerous World (a “Once Upon a Time” post)

The love of parents for their children has always been a theme on the TV...

December 2013

December 07, 2013

Candace Cameron Bure Talks Jesus, Santa, Parenting, Priorities and Purpose

Actress Candace Cameron Bure, who grew up on television playing D.J. Tanner on the hit...

November 2013

November 09, 2013

Soldier Returning from Afghanistan Meets Baby Daughter for First Time

Captain William Lotts was deployed to Afghanistan when his wife Brittany was 15 weeks pregnant....

October 2013

October 30, 2013

The Only Disability in Life is a Bad Attitude

I saw the image below on Christopher Award-winning author Nicole Lataif's Facebook page today. It's...

October 24, 2013

Science and a Mother’s Love Offer Hope to Fatally Ill Child

Sam Berns was supposed to be dead by age 13 because he was born with...

October 15, 2013

He Had Every Right Not to Be Happy, But He Was Happy All the Time

Though born with cerebral palsy along with minimal hearing and vision, Noah Voelker of Gainesville,...

October 03, 2013

Love Turns Despair Into Hope: The LaHood Family’s Ministry to Disabled Children

When Dan LaHood was in second grade at St. John Baptist De La Salle grammar...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

How a 30-Year-Old Batboy with Down Syndrome Inspires the Cincinnati Reds – and Everyone

Thirty years ago, when Cheryl and Dave Kremer received the diagnosis that their son Teddy...

September 17, 2013

Arsenio Hall Affirms Fatherhood: “It Makes You a Smarter, Less Selfish Person”

Time magazine recently published a controversial article entitled "The Childfree Life," highlighting couples who say...

September 06, 2013

A Couple’s Journey Through a Joy-Filled Pregnancy in One Second a Day

Patricia Heaton just shared this Buzzfeed video on Twitter. It was posted by husband and...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Acting Like a Child vs. Being an Adult: A Review of “The Way Way Back”

If you were 14-years-old, how would you feel if the person who's supposed to be...

July 17, 2013

The American Family at Its Best: A look at UP TV’s “Bulloch Family Ranch”

Julie and Rusty Bulloch's ranch in Lakeland, Florida, sits upon acres of dirt and grass....

June 2013

June 19, 2013

Music’s Healing Power for Premature Babies

"Music can name the unnameable, communicate the unknowable," said Leonard Bernstein. That quote that was...