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In this story from November 1953, General Douglas MacArthur shares a holiday tale that is nearly 100 years old.
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In this story from November 1953, General Douglas MacArthur shares a holiday tale that is nearly 100 years old.

Truck driver David Fredericksen had no logical reason to think he could rescue a woman and her granddaughter from a burning car. But he had faith.

She was 22 and far from home. How would the holiday spirit ever find her there?

A boy alone at Christmas receives a gift that would change his life.

In this story from May 1981, actor and comedian Danny Thomas recalls how an answered prayer led him to found Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

There are some places where heaven meets earth…

A woman is rescued by a heavenly visitor in this true story excerpted from Dreams of Angels.


Learning to enjoy God when you're running fast.

The people of Cactus Ministry Center minister to the immigrant residents of West Texas.

Did her grandsons really understand the meaning of the Nativity?

I can never thank God enough for being so good to me and for the gift of my family.
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