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Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Word Made Toddler by Timothy O’Malley: “But what makes walking with my son so utterly slow is his total absorption in every facet of reality. Leaves are not merely to be walked upon but inspected as if every one of them is the very first… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: On Gratitude by Michael Sean Winters: “Gratitude is not a fleeting emotion, but a statement of faith, a stance born of faith and demanded by faith and blessed by faith. It is gratitude that allows us to bury old friends and welcome new ones, to receive… Read More Around the Web

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Check out these recent articles from around the web: Brittany Maynard’s Suffering by Michael Sean Winters: “No person filled with love can simply cease to exist. This is what we believe if we believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is why our hope in the resurrection is a sure hope.” A Changed China… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)

Check out these recent articles from around the web: It’s time to work on America’s agenda by Elizabeth Warren: “People are ready to work, ready to do their part, ready to fight for their futures and their kids’ futures, but they see a government that bows and scrapes for big corporations, big banks, big oil… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)