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    Molly, James, and their family follow the drinking gourd on a danger-filled journey from slavery in America to freedom in Canada. Before reading, list on the vocabulary words…

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For many people, remaining optimistic and feeling positive about themselves and their lives is a constant battle—especially when circumstances are difficult and life is hard. For others, negativity Read more [...]

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A friend once told me that the world needs psychopaths, but I’m not sold that the world needed my father. I only know that I did. Poppy Pratt was a…

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    In Equal, Church and ministry leader Katia Adams argues that the church has too often misrepresented the heart of Jesus to release and empower women and men. With sensitivity to both sides of the Read more [...]

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    Are you OK? are three little words Sabrina longs to hear. Instead, her family has chosen to deal with Sabrina’s traumatic experience by not talking about it at all. And the silence is deafening. In Read more [...]

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    Courtesy of North Carolina Museum of History Soon the last days of summer will be upon us, and before we look to our autumn calendars, why not enjoy the cool of the AC in Downtown Raleigh at the Museum Read more [...]

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