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WNBA star Brittney Griner has returned home after spending nearly 10 months in a Russian prison following her arrest for bringing vape cartridges containing hashish oil through a Moscow airport. Griner was freed from a Russian penal colony earlier this month in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner’s return to the U.S. sparked emotional reactions from the…

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17-year-old Addison Bethea had her world turned upside down in late June when she was bitten by a shark while searching for scallops near Keaton Beach, Florida. Addison is a cheerleader and a tennis player. And she’s also relatively young to experience an accident and crisis of this magnitude. However, Miss Addison Bethea has a…

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As many pastors struggle with retaining members and growing them spiritually post-pandemic, new research from Making Space for Inspiration suggests opportunities for leaders to connect with current and new congregants, starting with a more intentional approach to the places they meet. This journal is the first in a three-part series created in partnership with Aspen Group exploring why church…

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A new survey by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found that fewer people are taking their traditional moral values from biblical principles. “The America’s Values Study” found that 71 percent of American adults claim to support traditional moral values today, including integrity, justice, kindness, non-discrimination, trustworthiness, free expression, property ownership, individual growth, and…

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