There’s a saying of Jesus—reportedly more than two thousand years old—that goes like this: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” But in our time, many in our society seem to be ruled by a contradictory principle: “Receiving is all that matters.” Other often-heard comments are: “Get all you can out of life.” “Always look our for Number One.” “We need more to fall to the bottom line.” “I... > Full Story

“We need the women of the world to come looking for us, we need that hope that someone would come looking for us when we’re missing.” The room was silent.  It was one week...

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Pier 1 teams up with UNICEF to help women around the world (ARA) - In a time when current events have many people feeling helpless and uncertain, there are some positive ways they...

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When Eleanor Workman arrived in Haiti almost 30 years ago, people laughed at her. She was 51 at the time and everyone said she was too old to make a difference. “They told...

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Born in the Dutch settlement of Ulster County, Sojourner was named “Isabella” by her slave parents. She was sold for the first time at an auction when she was probably...

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A young Ukrainian-born widow gathered her four children around her in the cramped room which had become their first home in Canada. It was really just a renovated porch which the...

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Born in the Dutch settlement of Ulster County, Sojourner was named “Isabella” by her slave parents. She was sold for the first time at an auction when she was probably...

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Born: Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England 1829 The daughter of a coachbuilder, Catherine Mumford was a woman of considerable social conscience. When she met William Booth in 1852, she...

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Comedian Michael Richards—“Kramer” on TV’s Seinfeld—saw his racist tirade at African-American hecklers ignite a firestorm. Mel Gibson, whose earlier anti-Semitic rant made...

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The first boy we visited, Jarmain, was 16 years old and the skinniest person I have ever seen. He was huddled underneath the covers in his bed, peering at us with his yellowed and...

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