Inspiration Report

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Time magazine has named Taylor Swift as their 2023 “Person of the Year.” “This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been,” she told the publication. “Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there’s only one question: Are…

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For actor Kellan Lutz, his faith is everything to him. He told Fox News Digital, “I don’t know how people who don’t believe in something can have hope in anything. When you lose your job, when COVID hit, when people die, when there’s no work to be found, it’s depressing.” Lutz gave examples of not…

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When gospel singer Bobbi Storm got baptized at the height of the pandemic in October 2020 at Emmanuel Christian Center Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she declared that “God is about to use me in ways like never before.” She said in an Instagram post with a picture showing her dressed in white baptismal garb, “Today…

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The Christmas season is the perfect time to spread love and light, and a meaningful way to do so is through one of many Light the World Giving Machines. Giving Machines are a unique way to spread love and light either in your community or a faraway country. In collaboration with numerous charitable organizations, the…

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Kindergarten teachers in a Pennsylvania school district are seeing double this year as 17 sets of twins entered their school, all members of the graduating class of 2036. Morgan Weiser, the mother of Ridge Park Elementary twins Logan and Mia, told Fox News Digital, “There’s usually a couple of sets here and there, which is…

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Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal recently offered refreshing takes on reality over the year and had another bit of wisdom on social media. The former Los Angeles Laker took to X and discussed what he’s realized more as he’s gotten older, with the post receiving over three million impressions. He wrote, “The older you…

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Kayleigh Williamson, 33, made history as the first woman with Down syndrome to finish the New York City Marathon. Thousands of spectators cheered for Kayleigh as she crossed the finish line after her 10 hour journey. Her mother, Sandy, ran alongside her daughter the entire time, describing the experience as “emotional.” “New York changed the…

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Pro-surfer Bethany Hamilton recently visited the place where a shark attacked her and took her left arm 20 years ago. She captioned the three photos on Instagram, “20 years later, this was the location of my shark incident as a 13-year-old girl.” Her story was portrayed in the film “Soul Surfer.” In the first, 13-year-old…

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Actor Matt Damon recently joined the fight to save a historic 12-member church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City from being sold to developers who want to destroy it to make way for a $30 million luxury condominium. Damon’s effort to save the West Park Presbyterian Church, located at 165…

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A Maryland woman’s response to a TikTok prompt has gone viral after she shared how she chose to keep her baby after becoming pregnant after being sexually assaulted. Today, Angela Harders is a homeschool advocate and founder of PAX ministries, a ministry that seeks to “provide education, information, and inspiration for physical, mental, emotional, relational,…

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