Monthly Archives: October 2007

Lorelei Blackburn | Someone Making A Difference

I sat down this past weekend to read the local newspaper as I always do on Wednesday. It’s filled with usual grand openings, want ads, and local events. I love catching up with what’s going on in the community, but this week something very interesting caught my eye…
In the Around Town section of [...]

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One Of My Favorites…

The poor are where God lives.
God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is where the opportunity is lost and lives are shattered. God is with the mother who has infected her child with the virus that will take both their lives. God is under the rubble and [...]

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Finding My Compass

Wandering through life without a passion is like wandering through the wilderness without a compass. You may find some direction but you will probably end up at the wrong destination.
I lived the better part of my life as I knew it lacking passion. I loved a lot of different people, places, and things. [...]

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A Story Straight From The Heart

Mother to Mother, Child to Child:
How an Understanding of Loss Connected Families Across the World
12 October 2005
By Megan Tady

The give-away pile of toys in the living room doubled in size.
Josh turned over another plastic wonder is his hand and decided to sleep on whether he could give it away. In the morning, the toy was [...]

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Southern California Wildfires | How You Can Help

Indeed, this is a dark hour for Southern California. Wild fires spurred by erratic Santa Ana winds and near drought conditions have engulfed more than 384 square miles, from the border of California and Mexico, to Santa Barbara. The estimates are constantly changing, and its hard to know exactly how many homes and businesses have [...]

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