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The Difference

When I think of Christmas, I often think of something that happened during my school-teaching days. The school I taught in was very old. It had fourteen-foot ceilings and huge windows. The kids who attended this ghetto school were tough, and they were extremely poor. Maybe that’s how they got to be so tough. Determined to make it special Christmas... >Full Story

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The Origin of the Christmas Tree As you look at the beautifully decorated trees at Christmas, do you... >more
All I Want for Christmas Gifts. The wise men came bearing them, the Romans charitably gave them... >more

A parent's perspective of the tsunami's ongoing impact

My son has not been the same since the tsunami. It seems that nothing I can do will help. Sometimes I feel that everything I try to do only makes the situation worse. There is a refund but it doesn't come with a guarantee The first thing I did after the disaster was to take the family from our damaged house... >Read More

Tags: children, disaster, fear, parenting, purpose, recovery, tsunami, World

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The Art of Living with Passion

What are you passionate about - what do you care deeply about? Power to Change asked this question to 40 women representing more than 20 countries on five continents. They answered in a chorus of animated voices, each unique and yet altogether harmonious. Women, it seems, share a universal longing to live with passion. They want to invest their...... >Read More

Tags: business, Career, Culture, purpose, stacy wiebe, Women, workplace, World

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Paris Hilton and What We Want

Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton. Please excuse the repetition, but I want this article to score highly in Google searches. You see, Google Zeitgeist, the mega-search engine’s report on its most popular search topics, says the heiress scored number one on 2006 Google News searches. The report presents...... >Read More

Tags: celebrities, celebrity obsession, fear of death, insecurity, internet, loss, media, Men, overwhelmed, Paris Hilton, purpose, Rusty Wright, TV, Women

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First Light

For many years it was my habit to start the day with the newspaper. I savored my customary peanut butter and honey sandwich (lightly buttered) and washed it down with milk, while digesting the Calgary Herald, a long-time friend who greeted me seven days a week at our front door. As a writer and editor, I need to be... >Read More

Tags: art, books, God, internet, Men, mornings, news, newspaper, phil callaway, purpose, Women

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