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The Principle of Character
by Angela Hall Dobbins

"Character cannot be developed in peace and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision be cleared, ambition insured and success achieved." - Helen Keller

There is something of great truth in this quote by Helen Keller. I'm sure that many of you are familiar with her story and of the near impossible circumstances she faced as a child who learned to "become", with the help of one dedicat… Continue

Strength For Today

by Angela Hall Dobbins

"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again,

and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose-

not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll

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by Lisa Copen

Rest Ministries, the largest Christian organization that serves the chronically ill, recently did a poll, asking “List some of the programs or resources a church could offer to make it more inviting comfortable” Below is a sampling of the 800+ responses.

1. Send out encouraging emails.

2. Make sure the handicapped stalls in the restroom are functioning and clean.

3. Add padded chairs or cushions to make church easier to sit through. Room for wheelchairs is always a need and don… Continue

Easter's true message is "Love"- God's love for you and me.

We talk about love, we search for love... in all kinds of places and in most every way. But I believe the source of true love can be found in only one place- the heart of God. The Bible tells the story of how love entered into the world with the very act of creation. We can see it in every blade of grass and on the faces of the little flowers. In the songs of the robin and the whistling of the breeze, we hear it. And in the sun's warmt… Continue

Be sure to share your gift today
with someone along life's way;
though it may, to that one in need,
be a gift he can not repay.

Search deep within yourself
to find those special traits,
which God has gifted especially to you,
for uplifting others today.

Reach out and touch another
with the love God has placed deep within.
For, even when your own heart is heavy,
there is one whose heart you can tend.

So remember to think of someone today
whose life you may somehow touch,
that through the speci… Continue