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Recent Community Stories

Leaning on God for hope and comfort after a tragedy doesn’t ignore what has taken place; it helps us recover and rebuild.

by Adam Hunter

I feel so fortunate that my 4 1/2-year-old son has so many opportunities to see outreach in action.

by Katie Allen Berlandi

Ants aren’t just good examples of hard work, community and stewardship. They can also show us a thing or two about aging well.

by Amy Wong

Photo of large white and tan dog

With her father suddenly taken ill, who could help her get him back home? 

by Sandra Headrick
, Barberton, Ohio

Susan Chalkias and a young orphan

A neighborhood reaches out to Thai children with AIDS.

by Helen Grace Lescheid
, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Courtney Walsh, author of A Sweethaven Homecoming

The author of the Sweethaven book series on the meaning of home, where we can come as we are and be accepted for who we are.

by Courtney Walsh
, Illinois

Andie MacDowell

In the new TV show Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove, Andie MacDowell plays a judge in a small town not unlike the one where she grew up.

by Andie MacDowell
, Asheville, North Carolina

A portrait of a young victim of CF

Take advantage of these six organizations with programs for both CF patients and their caregivers.

by Daniel Ellis-Ferris
, New York, New York

Barb Granado and Hannah
The tragic shootings at Sandy Hook brought all of us together, including God’s most sensitive creatures.
by Barb Granado
, Chicago, Illinois

Sheri Zeck and her husband, Curt

How a bike and a man with a mental disability deepened her marriage.

by Sheri Zeck
, Milan, Illinois

Erica Buchanan

90 minutes. That’s how long his heart stopped beating. Only prayer could save him. More prayer than she alone could give.

by Erica Buchanan
, Edmond, Oklahoma

open Bible with Easter lillies

Battling health problems in a new apartment in a new city, she worried she wouldn't find a church to attend on Easter.

by Sarah Parker
, Phoenix, Arizona

Nothing made sense that day. All I could do was comfort my children—and pray.

by Katie Allen Berlandi

Young and old, the people of Clinton, Iowa, spent a whole day making hundreds of angels for Newtown, Connecticut.

by Colleen Hughes

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