
Debbie Macomber on Her Love of Knitting
Best-selling author Debbie Macomber wasn’t a great student, struggling mightily with reading and math, but when she discovered knitting, doors began to open for her.
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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Best-selling author Debbie Macomber wasn’t a great student, struggling mightily with reading and math, but when she discovered knitting, doors began to open for her.

He was the CEO of a respected addiction treatment program, but his own life was spinning out of control until a traffic accident and arrest shone a light on his drinking problem.

In this story from April 2004, star of stage, screen and television Leslie Uggams shares how a math teacher refused to allow the 12-year-old Uggams’ God-given talents to go undeveloped.

My friend insisted that feathers were the sign of angels. Was she right?

I heard a sound outside our camper shell… Was it just my fear of the unknown?

God wants me to do something, I thought. But what?

At the age of 50, Esther Nisenthal Krinitz began to create amazing tapestries that told the story of her survival during the Holocaust. Check out our selections of her inspiring work!

Sometimes a teacher is more than just a teacher.

Mother’s Day isn’t exclusively to mothers, but to those who are proactive in the responsibility of “mothering” as this author points out. Whether you fluffed a pillow or whispered bedtime prayers, the “mothering” duty is one we should all be grateful for.

In this story from September 1981, Esther Rolle, star of the popular 1970s sitcom Good Times, recalls when her prayers were answered by a wondrous display of God’s love—right in her own backyard.

Actors Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, founders of Hilarity for Charity, are giving back in a special way, teaming with the Home Instead Senior Care Network to provide in-home care grants to Alzheimer’s caregivers.

This paralyzed Air Force veteran wanted to make a lasting impression to the love of his life on their wedding day with a romantic dance. Bound to a wheelchair since 2008, Thomas Martineau wanted to stand and show the true power and determination of love.
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