Peach Blossoms in the Light
Can the Lord be seen by the way we lead our lives? Are we illuminating His love and drawing people to Him?
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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Can the Lord be seen by the way we lead our lives? Are we illuminating His love and drawing people to Him?

“Desert Dancer” follows the true story of exiled Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian.

“That’s really how I feel!,” says Julia Heatherly. “I love being me. I don’t let my disability define me. You know, if you take away the ‘dis’ in disability, the only thing left is ‘ability.’”

My grandfather, the Father of Positive Thinking Norman Vincent Peale, spoke often of how we have a choice in how we feel, how we conduct our lives, how we make our mark on the world.

People forget about miracles all the time. God reaches out to save me time and again. In the moment, I’m amazed, thankful and relieved. But hours, weeks, years later…I forget.

The actor shares how his new film Desert Dancer, which follows the true story of exiled Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, has changed his life.

A tour of some of Italy’s most famous sights

Our readers share their photos of the miraculous!

How wonderful to be covered with love. Just as our Heavenly Father does for us. God is the Great Healer. And one way he cares for us is by sending loving pets that can help us feel better, even at our lowest.

I am grateful for all God has blessed me with, and never more so than the dogs that have brought so much meaning and comfort and companionship to my life.

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and hear God say, “I gave you so many gifts and talents. I had so much I wanted you to do. I would have opened doors for you! I would have equipped you with everything you needed—but you let fear win out and you never took that first step on the journey.”

A professional photographer in Australia documents his family’s love for an unlikely pet, Penguin the magpie.
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