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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt worked tirelessly for others throughout her lifetime. Her resume could extend to page upon page, here are some highlights: Promoted civil rights Worked in a settlement house in...
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Henri Nouwen and Discernment
I am moved by the writing of Henri Nouwen. Over the course of his life he wrote over forty books. He was a beloved priest, author, and academic professor. One of my favorite books he wrote is called...
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Nehemiah: Rebuilding Walls
When Kris and I had been married roughly a month, we took a group of middle school students on a mission trip to Chicago. This trip was possible because of the enormous parent support we had at our...
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Historical Figure: Jane Addams
I would like to introduce a historical figure who lived in the proximity of renewal. During my college years in the school of social work, I first learned about Jane Addams. She was the first American...
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Desmond Tutu
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ~Desmond Tutu I remember the first time I read that quote, the words placed together were electrifying....
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Historical Figure: Edith Louisa Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavell She served as a nurse and she taught as a nurse. In her students, she sought to instill that all people need to be treated equally regardless of who they are and what they believe....
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Irena Sendler and Life in a Jar
Irena Sendler “Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to...
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The Courage of Sophie Scholl
“I know what I took upon myself and I was prepared to lose my life by so doing.” -Sophie Scholl Sophie’s brother Hans, and friends, Willie Graf and Christopher Probst co-authored a series of leaflets...
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John M. Perkins
John M. Perkins, an American civil right activist, author, speaker, and an advocate of reconciliation and development stands as a man who has put his life in the proximity of renewal. He is the son of...
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Anne Frank
I remember reading Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl when I was just girl. The book I set aside, but I was forever impacted, moved beyond myself. Anne wrote her diary while hiding in German...
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