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Told he had 48 hours to live, he went home and lived 13 more months, some of the best of his life. Joseph H. Krakoff on gratitude and (The Best Day), via @CityLifestyle #TheBestDay #BestDayProject citylifestyle.com/articles/g…
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Three ceremonies. Three gowns. A foot washing, a party bus and dollar bills raining down. @rcurtis photographed a joyous Yoruba wedding at Dearborn’s Greenfield Manor. See the photos: rodneycurtis.com/a-nigerian-… #NigerianWedding #YorubaWedding #MetroDetroit #WeddingPhotography
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“A free press is an essential part of our national fabric.” @NYTIMES publisher A.G. Sulzberger on 175 years of refusing to back down, from his lecture at Michigan State. Excerpt via Joe Grimm of @BiasBusters: frontedgepublishing.com/here… #PressFreedom #Journalism
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Laugh, cry and feel the joy and frustration of the journey.” Verified Amazon reviewer John Freitag on "Roosevelt Park Rising" by the Rev. Dr. Reginald Smith. A quick read with a lasting impression. #ChristianMemoir amazon.com/portal/customer-r…
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Every workplace has grieving employees right now. Mindy Corporon joins Ken D Foster on Voices of Courage to talk about the courage it takes to lead through loss. youtube.com/watch?v=NL9t5Lqq… Grief Leadership: pre-order opens Nov. 18. #GriefLeadership
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“The most important word in the English language is with.” @danavanderlugt reflects on stuttering, faith, and sitting beside one another in hard places. reformedjournal.com/2026/10/… #stuttering #stutter #ISAD
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5 ways to be a supportive listener, from the MSU Bias Busters guide to people who stutter, written by students and reviewed and edited by cultural experts. Number 3: let people finish. Don't fill in words. #ISAD2026 #StutteringAwarenessDay FrontEdgePublishing.com
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The book was superb and I was captivated by its content from its first pages.” Amazon reviewer Alejandro on "Roosevelt Park Rising" by the Rev. Dr. Reginald Smith, an honest memoir of a pastor, a church, and a neighborhood. amazon.com/portal/customer-r…
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@douglasbrouwer.bsky.social walked the Via Francigena to Rome, wrote about it, scheduled the post... then unscheduled it. His new piece asks: how long should we wait before writing about an experience? dougsblog.substack.com/p/the… #ViaFrancigena #Pilgrimage
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Journalist Sierra Biidaaban Nadeau found 10 ancestors’ names in Michigan boarding school records. Her great-uncle: “I never knew this.” @BillTammeus on her new book “What the Ancestors Say” and a national scandal. billtammeus429970.substack.c… #BookTwitter #IndigenousHistory
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A hateful brick through a window on Chanukah. A young priest smuggling a Jewish teen out of 1940 Poland. @yourpeople’s novel "Two Lifetimes", out today, links them in a story of interfaith friendship. readthespirit.com/explore/ly… #BookTwitter #JewishBooks #NewRelease
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When someone you love hears "breast cancer," you want to help but may not know how. Benjamin Pratt's A Guide for Caregivers and @thejeaninecoble's Struck by Hope show what real support looks like. #Caregivers #BreastCancerAwareness #BookTwitter
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A wonderful narrative of humility and trust in God.” Amazon reviewer Cheri on "Roosevelt Park Rising" by the Rev. Dr. Reginald Smith, a must-read for pastors in difficult ministry settings. amazon.com/portal/customer-r… #booktwitter #BookX #ChristianMemoir
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“I knew that I was a Jew. But because I feared for my life, I ran away.” Joseph H. Krakoff on the street corner he never forgot, from "The Best Day: A Memoir of Finding Joy, Inspiration, Resilience, and Hope." youtu.be/NVFroToiqBY #TheBestDay #BestDayProject #Jewish
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“The most important word in the English language is with.” @danavanderlugt reflects on stuttering, faith, and sitting beside one another in hard places. reformedjournal.com/2026/10/… #stuttering #stutter #ISAD
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On PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day, families met with Texas lawmakers about diagnosis barriers, research and insurance coverage. In Michigan, @MSUjschool’s Joe Grimm brought a new guide to the Capitol. #PANS #PANDAS @PANDASnetwork @ASPIREpans readthespirit.com/explore/pa…
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Today is #StopBullyingDay. It started in 2009 when 18 sixth graders decided their classmates deserved better. Kids still lead the way. In "Bullying Is No Laughing Matter", more than 30 comics join the fight. 💪 amazon.com/Bullying-Laughing… #BullyingPrevention #Comics
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Cody Harrell formats the @BiasBusters guides so they reach every e-reader. On stage, he directs City Lights Chorus, 8th in the world this year. @newsrecruiter tells the story, with videos: readthespirit.com/explore/ch… #BarbershopHarmony #ACappella #Publishing #Michigan
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“Not just the innocent. Not just the good. Every human being.” George Mason on how the image of God places limits on what we may do in the name of justice. His remarks from Saturday’s Dallas rally against the death penalty: baptistnews.com/article/what… #DeathPenalty #FaithAndJustice
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Evangelicals are in the headlines almost daily this election year. How much of what you hear is myth? The new Bias Busters guide from @MSUJournalism sorts fact from assumption. Watch the short video overview: frontedgepublishing.com/upco… #BiasBusters #Evangelicals
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