Inspiration Report

Grace Groner, orphaned at 12, was taken in by family friends until she was adopted. Her adopted parents made an investment of paying her way through Lake Forest College, not knowing this investment would lead to a greater one many years later when Grace would repay her educators in a most extraordinary way.    She took…

By Rev. Victor Fuhrman Many of us aspire to live to a ripe old age and look forward to the “Golden Years” of retirement.  After living for a full century and delivering more than 15,000 babies, Dr. W.G. “Curly” Watson won’t stop! Celebrating his 100th birthday on February 25th, the Augusta, Georgia OB-GYN physician is…

Just short of 14 months since piloting one of the most extraordinary landings in aviation history, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenburger hung up his wings yesterday and retired from US Airways. Capt. Sullenburger, 59, joined US Airways in 1980 and became a member of  the airline’s flight operations safety management team last September. Captain Sullenberger, the…

By Rev. Victor Fuhrman When I was a kid, I always looked up to sports heroes, especially baseball stars, as a source of inspiration.  In the days before the “baseball business” became the “business of baseball”, many of us daydreamed of being major leaguers.  In recent years with the sport tainted by performance enhancing substance…

How many times have you seen a cross and flowers on a roadside, or other memorials that mark the spot where a life was lost? Don’t you sometimes wonder about the people touched by these tragedies and how life turns out for those left behind? A new inspirational fiction book gives us an inside look.   New…

“Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.” – Frank Tyger

Get your popcorn ready and settle in on this snowy weekend for a sweet three minute circus experience that will bring a big smile to your face.You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more unusual circus, or father-daughter performing duo.The Moscow Cat Theatre is just that: a travelling show of cats that perform amazing tricks for…

Jenny McCarthy is more well-known now as a mother, autism awareness advocate and bestselling author these days, although media does not like to forget she has been a Playboy model and remains Jim Carey’s girlfriend. She is speaking out letting the world know that she feels she has healed her son Evan of autism,  including on Popeater.com. Although I…

Figure skater Joannie Rochette may have received a bronze medal last night, but what she won transcended well beyond the podium. Yesterday, the Inspiration Report touched on Rochette’s personal triumph–her ability to keep skating despite her mother’s death, skating being a way to honor her mother’s memory, love, and spirit.  Rochette was able to call on…

We walked into our favorite restaurant in Queens the other night, The Flagship Diner, and there at a long table were a group of women in red hats, and also wearing various shades of purple clothing. They were The Red Hat Society of Forrest Hills. I positioned myself for a ring side seat, quietly listening to…

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