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Everyday Poet

Find the poetry in your life

A Soldier's Vision

He lay wounded in the Iraqi desert, ready to accept his death. Then he saw and heard his future

A Lesson in Letting Go

Maybe 50 feet from the road, I noticed my Lab, Clyde, wasn’t with me. How could that be? He never wandered off

67 Waterfalls

Their life felt in free fall. So this mom and daughter set out on an epic quest

Rock Steady

A World War II veteran gravely ill with Covid-19, an Army social worker on his first deployment and the relationship they forged

Love's Pure Light

Ease back in front of the fire and let the singer from Checotah tell you about the gift we can all give at Christmas

KEEPING THE FAITH

TY’ANN BROWN, Vice President, Ministries

Sandwich Generation Blues

First my daughter and her husband had to move in. Then my mother-in-law. So much for my empty nest

I'll never forget you…Grandma Honeybunch

EVERY WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS 16, I’d change into a nice button-down and my best jeans after school. Then I’d ride my bike on the path between our house and my grandmother’s outside Meadville, Pennsylvania. Exactly at four, Grandma Honeybunch— we always called her that, though I don’t know why except that it fit her sweetness—would pull her dark green Dodge Stratus sedan into the dirt driveway.

Hello Christmas

PEOPLE HAVE A LOVE-hate relationship with Christmas letters. I’m a lifelong letter writer, and even I struggle to hit the right note—newsy, fun, filled with holiday spirit but not bragging or full of details that no one cares about.

Grieving Shirley

It was his first Christmas in 58 years without his wife. Author Cecil Murphey shares how he faced his loss

Emilie's Light

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary eight years ago was one of the saddest events we have ever covered. Yet as her story from 2017 shows, this mother of a young victim found hope and healing

Faith in Food

The acclaimed food writer gives tips to make this difficult holiday season joyous

SOMEONE CARES PASS IT ON

SIMPLY THE BEST The first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic got my husband, Kevin, and me down. We slipped into the habit of saying “That’s the worst” whenever we heard an alarming news report or encountered a rude person. Griping only added to our unhappiness.

Every Picture Told a Story

How the Bononi family solved the mystery of the missing photographs

The Little Jalapeño Plant That Could

I hoped it was an answer for my anxiety

Golden Boy

I’d trained Ernest as a therapy dog. He knew how to help others. Now he had to help me

Close to My Heart

Let this beloved star of Hallmark holiday movies help you find the spirit of the season

“Go Make Pies!”

I knew a message from God when I heard one, but why this?

“We're His Family”

This woman opens her home and heart to foster veterans, but there was one she feared she’d never reach

BANJO MAN

This Marine veteran was tormented by memories of the Vietnam War. Learn how music was his salvation

A House for Katherine Red Feather

In this story from 2004, a man’s life was changed by a newspaper headline: “Native American Elders Freeze to Death”

The Hardest Post

After my cancer diagnosis, I needed all the support and prayer I could get. So why was I having trouble asking for it?

Our Second Act

He thought they were the perfect couple. Until they weren’t

Staying Strong in a Crisis

Five lessons from a Red Cross chaplain

Breaking the Cycle

He survived 15 seasons playing pro football. Yet nothing compared to the violence in his home growing up. As an NFL executive, husband and father, he’s committed to…

A Light From Within

The only one who’d ever been afraid of me was me. Then came Bronwen

What Love Had to Do With It

My twin boys were constantly at each other’s throats. And that was before the pandemic put our house under lockdown

Still Serving

How a woman veteran is turning her struggles into positive action

The Ninth Step

Her alcoholic father was ready to make amends for the past. Was she ready to forgive him?