The Need to Praise

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner THE NEXT WINTER I sat in Army fatigues somewhere near Anniston, Alabama, eating my supper out of a mess kit. The infantry training battalion that I had been assigned to was on bivouac. There was a cold drizzle of rain, and everything

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I sought help from God

From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown I was a very sensitive child who suffered much from the violences of racial conflict. The climate of our town, Daytona Beach, Florida, was better than most Southern towns because of the influence of the tourists who wintered there.

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“Do you know that your voice changes when you talk about the work you do with the poor?”

From “Embracing Your Second Calling: Find Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life” by Dale Hanson Bourke One day, I was on a flight when a man sitting next to me asked what I did. I told him about my publishing job and then about my board work with humanitarian organizations. He looked

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