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Hundreds of Penn State students have raised more than $16.9 million for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon. The total of $16,955,683.63 was announced at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. It topped last year’s total of $15,006,132.46. Money raised benefits…

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When Ashleigh Rodriguez Paez gave birth to her daughter on February 1st, she decided to surprise her husband with their week-old baby after his boot camp training kept him hundreds of miles away. Ashleigh gave birth to their daughter, Lyla Hadassah, in Pensacola, Florida, but her husband Roger Rodriguez Paez was going through Navy boot…

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It took Zach Williams traveling to Europe, riding in a van, and hearing Big Daddy Weave to realize things needed to change. Williams reflected during a recent appearance on CBN’s “Faith vs. Culture,” where he talked about his forthcoming memoir, “Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding My Way Home,” releasing Feb. 27, “It’s a pretty…

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A Tennessee church that was forced to cancel Sunday services due to widespread vandalism is responding with grace, offering kindness, prayers, and love to those responsible. Elders with Luna Lane Church of Christ told WKRN-TV they believe extensive damage to the church unfolded on a Thursday or Friday, with pews tipped over, TVs ripped off walls, shattered…

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