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A Philadelphia Volunteer Group is Setting Up Free Pay Phones to Help Those in Need
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Lauren McKeithen
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An “amateur phone collective” in Philadelphia is working to bring back pay phones to the city without the actual payment. PhilTel, a volunteer organization that launched in June, opened its first free-to-use payphone on December 17 at Iffy Books, a hacker-focused bookshop and workshop in the Center City district. Mike Dank, one of the organization’s founders,…
Film Director Alex Kendrick Says He’s Grateful After Dealing With Cancer and a Stroke: “God is Good”
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Lauren McKeithen
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Award-winning Christian filmmaker Alex Kendrick shares lessons he learned during two medical battles this year, including a mild stroke that placed him in the hospital. “God is good,” he told Christian Headlines. Kendrick, the director of such faith-based hits as War Room and Overcomer, had a mild stroke in March and recently had surgery to remove melanoma skin…
Arizona Grandmother Arrested For Feeding The Homeless Vows to Keep Helping
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Lauren McKeithen
Institute For Justice
The attorney for Norma Thornton, a 78-year-old grandmother from Arizona who was arrested earlier this year for feeding the homeless in a public park, praised her “kindhearted” client and explained why she believes authorities violated her constitutional rights. Diana Simpson, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, a law firm working to defend Americans’ civil…
South Carolina Woman Celebrates 107th Birthday, Credits Blessings of God For Longevity
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Lauren McKeithen
Credit: WLTX
A South Carolina woman who recently celebrated her 107th birthday credits the blessings of God for her longevity. “I do what the Bible tells me,” Adell Julie Thompson of Santee, S.C., told WLTX News 19 in Columbia. Thompson was born Oct. 10, 1915 – two years before the United States entered World War I and just three…
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