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Katie Couric picks Randy Pausch for Time’s list
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deacon greg kandra
A gal in my office was asked to suggest a name for Time magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People. She picked someone who is a hero of mine — and a fellow I’ve written about frequently on the blog — Randy Pausch: Most of us would slip into a deep depression, but Randy used…
Healing after Virginia Tech: “Purpose and hope – the raw ingredients of happiness”
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deacon greg kandra
While much of Catholic America is fixing its gaze on the pontiff, as he speeds his way to the U.S., this remarkable story from today’s New York Times caught my eye. It’s timed to another significant event, tomorrow’s one year anniversary of the massacre at Virginia Tech: After their daughter, Austin, was killed in the…
From tragedy, a lesson in forgiveness
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deacon greg kandra
You read stories like this and you cannot help but stirred by the human capacity to forgive. It’s from the New York Times, with a big fat hat tip to Rod Dreher at Beliefnet: For more than a quarter mile, Clifford Helm veered in his pickup truck through a grassy median and oncoming traffic. What…
The deacon in a wheelchair: “If I could change things, I don’t know if I would”
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deacon greg kandra
Here is a story to give hope and uplift to anyone who has ever faced problems in life that seemed insurmountable: testimony by people from all walks of life who are living with physical challenges. One of those people: a deacon who was ordained after he was left a quadrapalegic. The story, from Long Island…
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