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Christmas Eve in a German Labor Camp during WWII

By Anita Dittman (Jewish Holocaust Survivor)Author of Trapped in Hitler’s Hell We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food. Shortly after all of us…

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Christmas Eve at the Greyhound Bus Station

By Warren B. Smith(A story from Watering the Greyhound Garden) And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. —1 Corinthians 13:13 It was a chilly Christmas Eve as I made my way up Market Street…

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December 25th in a German Labor Camp during WWII

By Anita Dittman (Holocaust Survivor) December 25th  in a German Labor Camp during WWII: We prayed that God would miraculously sustain our strength; each day our food rations diminished so the German soldiers on the battlefronts could receive more food….

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Pew Research Survey Finds: “Religious Aspects of Christmas Are Declining in Public Life”

LTRP Note: The following out of house news story is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the content or the source. Pew Forum on Religion As long-simmering debates continue over how American society should…

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Washington Post Recognizes Large Influence Contemplative Spirituality Has On American Christians

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Behind the Peaceful Scenes of Christmas

By Berit Kjos Kjos Ministries He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as…

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