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January 2013

January 05, 2013

Jan. 5: Writing in the New Year

The start of a new year may fill you with feelings of both anticipation and...

January 04, 2013

Jan. 4: A Spiritual Detective

When the late Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, died in 2003, many of the...

January 03, 2013

Jan. 3: An Uneventful Day?

In his novel From the Corner of His Eye, best-selling author Dean Koontz shares thoughts...

January 02, 2013

Jan. 2: The Kindness that Changed Two Lives

In 2008, New York Police Officer Susan Porcello and her partner responded to a 911...

January 01, 2013

Jan. 1: The Road Not Taken

In 2008, high school basketball phenomenon Elena Delle Donne started attending the University of Connecticut,...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Dec. 31: Going to Everyone with Love

Father James Keller, the founder of The Christophers, had this to say about the guiding...

December 30, 2012

Dec. 30: The Power to Give

The Power to Give It’s said that it’s better to give than to receive. But...

December 29, 2012

Dec. 29: Dreams Fulfilled

When Vonetta Flowers competed for a spot in the 2000 Summer Olympics, she never imagined...

December 28, 2012

Dec. 28: The Right to Believe

During the mid-1950’s, a group of atheists demanded that the words “under God” be removed...

December 27, 2012

Dec. 27: Germs Like Worriers

“Worry is the interest we pay on trouble before it is due.” This is an...

December 26, 2012

Dec. 26: A Little Thank-You

In today’s paper-less society, it’s no small wonder that the art of writing thank-you notes...

December 25, 2012

Dec. 25: Finding God in Unexpected Places

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once shared these thoughts about Jesus’ birth: “[Joseph] searched for a...

December 24, 2012

Dec 24: A Life Lesson for Christmas

Former American Idol contestant and Grammy-nominated gospel singer Mandisa remembers one Christmas when loneliness threatened...

December 23, 2012

Dec. 23: Christmas Keeps People Alive

When Elizabeth Scalia’s brother was dying in a hospice in December, 2004, he read an...

December 22, 2012

Dec. 22: Divine Inspiration

George Frederick Handel lived to see his oratorio, The Messiah, become a cherished tradition. First...

December 21, 2012

Dec. 21: Christmas for Forgotten Angels

Christmas for Forgotten Angels Though Clarence Adams didn’t know much about homelessness when he got...

December 20, 2012

Dec. 20: Children Should be Seen and Heard

There is a Victorian saying stating that children are to be seen but not heard. ...

December 19, 2012

Dec. 19: The Blessing of a New Family

Twenty-one-year-old Haylee Cain felt alone and hopeless. Afflicted with cerebral palsy which affects her arms...

December 18, 2012

Dec. 18: The 12 Days of Christmas

With so much focus on December 25, we sometimes forget that the Christmas season doesn’t...

December 17, 2012

Dec. 17: An Interfaith Gesture at Christmas

Many years ago, Albert Rosen, a Jewish salesman in Milwaukee, decided to help a Christian...

December 16, 2012

Dec. 16: Angel for an Evening

Philip Stover and Father Charles Ehrenbach were strangers stranded at the Philadelphia Airport because of...

December 15, 2012

Dec. 15: A Prayer for Parents

Today we’d like to share with you a Christopher prayer for parents: “Heavenly Father, You...

December 14, 2012

Dec. 14: Take a Chance on Faith

Actor Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) was always outspoken about his Christian beliefs. ...

December 13, 2012

Dec. 13: Giving Sight to the Blind

Twenty-nine-year-old tree trimmer John Wilkinson only had vision in one eye due to a sports...

December 12, 2012

Dec. 12: Smoke Signals

A shipwreck survivor washed up on a small, deserted island. The man prayed to God...

December 11, 2012

Dec. 11: Feeding the Human Spirit

Every weekday morning, volunteers from Holy Family Church in Omaha, Nebraska, make approximately 900 sack...