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Judy, Carol, and Deb were sisters who didn’t grow up together and had never met each other until recently.  Judy, 61, had been adopted as a baby when her birth parents couldn’t afford to raise her.  Carol and Deb were born to the same parents years later.  Growing up, Judy didn’t know anything about her birth parents,…

Threadless, an online t-shirt company that prints designs submitted and voted on by users, just debuted a t-shirt to help those affected by the Gulf oil spill. The t-shirt, titled “peliCAN,” shows the silhouette of a pelican covered in oil rising from oily waters, reaching freedom and future. All proceeds from the purchased t-shirts will be donated…

Beliefnet has an inspiring news story of it’s own to report. We won two Webby awards! Michael Kress, our Managing Editor and Vice President of Editorial, had the pleasure of accepting Beliefnet’s Webby Awards at a ceremony in Manhattan last night, in the traditional five word speech. Beliefnet won 2 awards in the Religion and…

About a year ago, Derrin Austin, a father and former captain of the San Diego Fire Department, decided to serve his country by enrolling in the navy. He was immediately called for active duty in Afghanistan, which meant he had to leave behind his wife and his 7-year-old son, D’Andre. Even though Austin kept in touch with…

We’ve all seen the horrific photos of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Water birds, fish, and other sea animals have been affected along with fishermen whose livelihood depends on the Gulf. At least 27,000 jobs have been affected. In order to help and support these fishermen, the John Tesh Radio Show has…

Weird rumors are circulating that Matt Roloff, the Dad in “Little People, Big World” died of a heart attack. Apparently they left the last season’s episode of the reality show with a cliff hanger with Matt on the floor.  People are speculating he had a heart attack. The show follows a family that comes in…

At noon on Wednesday, June 23rd, a new “movement” will be launched and it is designed to help workers step away from their offices and into nature. It’s called “Take Back Your Lunch,” and it will be held on successive Wednesdays throughout the summer in public parks across America. The organizers are workers to stand…

“Have you ever noticed that when people lose weight they also tend to lighten up?” says Jan Shepherd in her Huffington Post blog, titled “The Bearable Lightness of Being.” She points to four tips for creating more lightness in your life and says that it could be that weight loss carries a “gratitude switch” that…

Guest Post by Agapi Stassinopoulos We all have habitual, negative thinking, feeling and doing patterns that sabotage our success, happiness and well-being. They become so ingrained that we think we have no power to change them. They simply become part of our daily life. Being passionate about Greek mythology and archetypes, I thought of how…

As the world watched the World Cup Opening Ceremony and rejoiced at the start of World Cup 2010, we looked through a beautiful book called A Beautiful Game: The World’s Greatest Players and How Soccer Changed Their Lives by Tom Watt, just out from HarperCollins.   The author gathered some of the most notable “footballers” to celebrate…

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