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The Must-Watch Holiday Movie of the Year: Get Ready for an Inspirational Lift!

Enrich your seasonal holidays with three gifts from General George Washington.

They can be found in one movie, A&E’s The Crossing.

One irresistible holiday movie
George Washington used weakness to win a teetering war with a tattered army.

The film portrays Washington’s daring risk on Christmas night, 1776.

Why not use his wisdom for overcoming adversity?

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The Must-Watch Holiday Movie of the Year: Get Ready for an Inspirational Lift!

Free-falling grief in the holidays? Embrace the warmth that heals

Grief piles up for many in the holidays.

Recently, our senior pastor at Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Bryan Dunagan, died at age 44. HIs wife, Ali, and three children grieve a sudden loss as the holidays begin.

Just a few weeks later, another rising star, Jack Gibbons, age 36, co-founder of Bandera Ventures, died in a neighborhood auto accident leaving behind his wife, Sarah, and their two-year-old daughter.

Sudden tragedies are like free falling.

Free-falling sorrow
Free-falling grief/Oliver Furrer/Getty images

How do family members survive?

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Free-falling grief in the holidays? Embrace the warmth that heals

Escape the pit of despair with these 3 powerful elevators

When despair sticks your heart in the mud, the best way out is an express elevator.

The fastest elevator ride in my life was recently with my son, Jack, on the outside of the Comcast Center building in Philadelphia.

As soon as we stepped on, the door shut and we shot off the ground like a clown in a circus cannon.

  • People turned to ants
  • Buildings turned to legos
  • Streetlights to toothpicks

The sky shot reminds me of three express elevators beckoning all of us out of the pit of despair.

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Escape the pit of despair with these 3 powerful elevators

Apocalypse in Israel: Is Mass Murder and War a Sign of End Times?

Apocalypse in Israel or not, trauma is a daily episode in the modern world.

Israel music festival apocalypse
Israeli soldiers inspect the music festival attack site on October 13, 2023/Associated Press

Survivors of the Supernova music festival in southern Israel say the scene looked like the apocalypse.

  • Sky full of rockets at 6:30 AM
  • Suiciders blocking exits
  • Shooters everywhere

“This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.” Jamie Dimon, CEO JP Morgan Chase, 10/13/2023

The chief executive of the world’s largest bank said the terror attack in Israel and the Ukraine war have far-reaching effects on trade, markets and relationships for years to come.

The Bible details a number of alarming signs for “the end of the age.”

Here are two unfolding today with growing lethality.

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Apocalypse in Israel: Is Mass Murder and War a Sign of End Times?