Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.

A shining example of the positive power of words. The renowned author and poet Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Here she is talking with Oprah Winfrey about the revelation that  changed her life.

H/T Drudge Report

Encourage one another and build each other up – 1 Thessalonians 5:11

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