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A spirit of power
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A spirit of power

As a journalist Tamron Hall knows sometimes the hardest story is the one you have to tell

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7 mins  |
February 2020
The Help I Needed
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The Help I Needed

I was one year sober and ready for a relationship. That’s what I told my sponsor. She had other ideas

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6 mins  |
December 2019 - January 2020
Our Hanukkah Tree
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Our Hanukkah Tree

A Jewish daughter searches for the perfect giftfor her Christian mother

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December 2019 - January 2020
Our Christmas Puppy
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Our Christmas Puppy

“I’ll never be able to love another dog,” my husband said. Somehow I knew better

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December 2019 - January 2020
Never Forsaken
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Never Forsaken

In the first installment of our new series, longtime contributor Roberta Messner explains how pain and illness can isolate and how she overcame that loneliness

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7 mins  |
December 2019 - January 2020
Love & Care
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Love & Care

When I was laid off, I assumed I’d find another job. Little did I know what that job would be

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December 2019 - January 2020
Healing After Hate
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Healing After Hate

She lost her mother to the Charleston church shooter. Would she lose her faith too?

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7 mins  |
December 2019 - January 2020
Forever Fred
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Forever Fred

Back when Fred and I were music majors and sweethearts, I never could have dreamed that someday there would be a movie about him

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December 2019 - January 2020
A Message Of Hope
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A Message Of Hope

For two years, Guideposts has told stories from the front lines of the addiction crisis. Here’s the most important thing we’ve learned

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December 2019 - January 2020
Something To Be Thankful For
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Something To Be Thankful For

God’s timing is always perfect, right?

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November 2019
I'll Be There
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I'll Be There

Kate Mulgrew has played some demanding roles. But her toughest came when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

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November 2019
“I've Walked Through This Kind Of Firestorm”
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“I've Walked Through This Kind Of Firestorm”

As an Army psychologist, I was at Fort Hood in 2009 when a mass shooting occurred. Ten years later, I was a police psychologist in Dayton when nine people were gunned down. My specialty: PTSD

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November 2019
The Man I Knew
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The Man I Knew

The trucks, our combines, our toolbars, his favorite Cat tractor. All of it to be sold

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November 2019
No Laughing Matter
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No Laughing Matter

I didn’t have time for a brain tumor. I had five kids!

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8 mins  |
November 2019
Animals and Healing – 'We Need A Dog!'
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Animals and Healing – 'We Need A Dog!'

Wesley was two when we got the diagnosis. I wasn’t sure how God expected me to help him

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October 2019
Cynthia Erivo On Being Harriet - 'It Was The Role I Was Born To Play'
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Cynthia Erivo On Being Harriet - 'It Was The Role I Was Born To Play'

It was the role I was born to play

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October 2019
She Wasn't Happy About Retirement. But The Alternative Seemed Crazy
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She Wasn't Happy About Retirement. But The Alternative Seemed Crazy

I wasn’t really thrilled with retirement. I wasn’t thrilled about coming out of it either

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10 mins  |
October 2019
One Gambler's Story
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One Gambler's Story

We spend billions of dollars a year dealing with it. We don’t spend nearly enough time talking about it

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7 mins  |
October 2019
She Was Angry At Every Cigarette She'd Ever Smoked, But She Was More Angry At God
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She Was Angry At Every Cigarette She'd Ever Smoked, But She Was More Angry At God

I was a medical missionary for 25 years. I’d served God faithfully. How could he let this happen to me?

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October 2019
Recovering From Gambling And Other Behavioral Addictions
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Recovering From Gambling And Other Behavioral Addictions

RYAN HANSON Executive Director Caron Renaissance Florida

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October 2019
Locked In
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Locked In

My husband’s competitive drive drove us apart. After his brain hemorrhage, it brought us together

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8 mins  |
October 2019
La Sagrada Familia
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La Sagrada Familia

Architect Antoni Gaudí died destitute after devoting his life to the completion of his masterpiece, “the people’s cathedral” in Barcelona. We are all richer for it, writes this author

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October 2019
Family Room
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Family Room

MEET THE PEOPLE IN OUR PAGES

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October 2019
Comfort Kits
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Comfort Kits

How you help us help kids in need

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October 2019
We're Like Sisters. We Laugh Together. We Cry Together. We Talk Every Day
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We're Like Sisters. We Laugh Together. We Cry Together. We Talk Every Day

The attacks of September 11, 2001, claimed the life of my fiancé, Dennis Mojica, a 50-year-old lieutenant at FDNY Rescue 1, a fire station in Manhattan.

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September 2019
Tell No One
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Tell No One

For 25 years, I’d tried to forget the most traumatic day of my life.

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8 mins  |
September 2019
The Bench At Mabel's Bluff
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The Bench At Mabel's Bluff

My treatment cured more than just my cancer.

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7 mins  |
September 2019
Saving Flight 1380
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Saving Flight 1380

One passenger died in this airline tragedy. But it could have been worse if not for this pilot’s nerves of steel.

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7 mins  |
September 2019
3 Names
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3 Names

The IED blew up in an instant. For this Marine, its effects reverberated for years

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6 mins  |
September 2019
A Mother's Prayer
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A Mother's Prayer

Doctors held out little hope for her son’s full recovery from a devastating brain hemorrhage

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8 mins  |
September 2019