Inspiration
Faith & Prayer
Health &
Wellness
Entertainment
Love &
Family
Newsletters
Special Offers
Activist Faith
Erasing Racism
By
Dillon Burroughs
In kindergarten, racism was not part of my vocabulary. My friends had skin of all kinds of colors in our somewhat urban environment. We were brothers and sisters, friends and buddies. Whether learning to tie our shoes or eat glue, we were one family.Second grade presented a different twist. My parents left the city like…
Getting Serious about Helping the Homeless
By
Dillon Burroughs
“I’ll never forget my first night. All of a sudden and without warning, I found myself homeless in Koreatown near downtown Los Angeles. I was sober, but I had no money, no place to go and no one I could call for help. I was officially homeless.” So shares Mark Horvath, founder of InvisiblePeople.tv in…
Helping Families of Veterans
By
Dillon Burroughs
Goodwill Industries President Jim Gibbons is on a mission to help America’s military veterans. How? By helping their families. In a recent article, he notes: At Goodwill Industries, we raise money by selling donated items in more than 2,500 retail stores and online, and we use the revenue to fund job training and placement programs,…
A 9/11 Prayer
By
Dillon Burroughs
Today marks eleven years since the tragic events of 9/11/01. What does this day mean to you? To many, it is a day of mourning, a day to remember the loss of loved ones. For others, it marked the beginning of many unfolding events that led to friends and family serving in far away nations…
3
4
5
6
7
archives
most recent
search
this
blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners