Inspiration Report

What habits make a millionaire? If that question were easy to answer, there would be an awful lot more millionaires floating around the country. Unfortunately, the secret ingredient to financial success has never been successfully identified, and those that are commonly suggested — work ethic, luck, creativity, insight, perseverance — are much easier to admire…

Tennessee State linebacker Christion Abercrombie is known for his smile and upbeat attitude, but his fans thought that they would never see those again after a horrific accident on the field threatened his life. On September 29, 2018, Tennesse was playing their local rival, Vanderbilt. During the game, Abercrombie began to complain of a massive…

Natural disasters are almost guaranteed to bring out the best and the worst of people. News reports will be filled with either morbidly gleeful statistics about the damage or tales of heroes and heroines who managed to help save others. Most stories about survival and hope focus on humans or occasionally animals. One miraculous survival…

If you need a pick me up, head to the nearest park. Researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham found that spending 20 minutes in a park or similar green space is enough to significantly boost a person’s mood. To test how important parks were when it came to improving people’s moods, the researchers recruited local…

I will never forget how I first glimpsed the presence of Jesus in my life. I did not experience a dramatic healing or a voice booming down from heaven. But it shook me up and left me unsettled just the same. If you saw me in high school, you would probably say that it did…

Most social media challenges are quickly followed by medical and law enforcement officials warning potential challenge takers of all the terrible consequences that come from being stupid enough to light yourself on fire, eat poisonous laundry pods or hide from all human contact for two days. For that reason, the #trashtag challenge is a true…

Cancer: a terrible diesase that effects almost every American in some way. Weather you know a coworker, family member or friend that has cancer, or you have it yourself, the disease doesn’t care who you are. Patty Fischer started feeling that something “wasn’t right” with her body in October of 2017 when she began suffering…

Philippians 4:13 reads, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” It is a popular Bible verse, and it is commonly recited by athletes or worn on their shirts, hats, jerseys or shoelaces. It is also the favorite verse of Dana Perino, the woman who served as press secretary under President George W.…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest achievements mankind has ever made, successfully leaving our home planet and setting foot on the lunar surface. It is fitting, then, that the documentary “Apollo 11” revived that triumph through a radical approach, letting the moment speak for itself without modern commentary or interviews…

New research has come out that suggests that not only do dog’s have personalities that shift over time, but that their personalities can match that of their owners. Psychologists at Michigan State University published a paper this month in the Journal of Research in Personality that examined dog personalities. It’s one of the first studies…

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