Inspiration Report

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Disney artistic director Malcon Pierce faced a devastating loss. In 2016 while he was working on Moana, he and his wife were expecting a baby boy, Cooper. But complications during the pregnancy resulted in Cooper’s death. “And this reset my wife and I in a very big way,” Pierce told Deadline. “I was just thinking…

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A mother’s love took on new meaning when a London mom made an extraordinary sacrifice to save her young daughter’s life — by giving her a piece of her own liver. Elle Daniel, 35, donated part of her liver to her 2-year-old daughter, Ruby, in June 2025 after the toddler was diagnosed with liver failure…

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Five years ago, Dan Beazley, a man who once thought Christians were “crazy” had a calling. The country had just shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and Beazley felt the Lord leading he and his family to a mission. The trouble was, he wasn’t sure what mission. He wouldn’t get the answer until months later…

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In June 2025, expectant Florida mother Catherine Mornhineway received devastating news at her 14-week ultrasound appointment. Her unborn baby likely had anencephaly, a condition that the baby’s brain would not fully develop and would not survive after birth. Most people, Mornhineway and her partner Adam Ford were told, choose to terminate such pregnancies. Unsure of…

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As the calendar turns to 2026, millions of Americans will once again set New Year resolutions — promises to themselves about fitness, finances, or career goals. Yet too often in those long lists of weight loss, giving up alcohol, stopping the addiction to our phones or securing that promotion, the one thing not on the…

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Bernard and Annie Wigley were driving along I-95 in Orlando, FL to take their daughter to the airport when they saw something frightening: a small plane, a fixed-wing multi-engine Beechcraft 55, was attempting to make an emergency landing on the freeway in the opposite lane. They watched in horror as the plane crashed into an…

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Nearly five years after her rescue dog disappeared, Patricia Orozco still thought about Choco every day. “I still talked about him all the time,” she said. “I wondered what he’s doing; I wondered how he is … When you have a pet disappear, everything races through your mind. … Is he alive? Is he okay?…

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Sometimes, the most beautiful love stories begin in the unlikeliest of places. For Zach Zarembinski and Isabelle Richard, that place was Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota — where both were recovering from traumatic brain injuries and where, years later, they would return for a life-changing moment. Zach and Isabelle first met in 2018 under…

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Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green is once again putting his faith into action, pledging $7 million to help rebuild the historic sanctuary of First Baptist Dallas after a devastating fire destroyed much of the 134-year-old structure last year. The announcement was made Sunday morning during worship at the downtown Dallas megachurch, where Senior…

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A “God wink” refers to a seemingly coincidental moment that leads to some sort of fortuitous or hopeful conclusion, as if God is just slightly revealing Himself. The term was coined by SQuire Rushnell with the help of his wife, Louise, and spawned not only a new term, but a new brand for the couple,…

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