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Hope in Hard Places

Susan Alexander
Court Appointed Special Advocates walk with children through trauma, one visit, one report, one hug at a time. When we hear about kids who’ve been abused or neglected, the first thing we think is: bad parents. “Most of us start out with…
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Eating Ourselves Sick

Dr. Edwin Spencer
Ultra-processed foods may be tasty and fast, but mounting research shows they’re quietly destroying our health from the inside out. For many people, walking down the aisle at the supermarket can be a misleading adventure. If you stick…
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Southbound

George Korda
Where the roads end and the ice beginsDramatic landscapes and humbling experiences. In the middle of the night, as our ship pitched and rolled in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, I lay awake, confident in the captain’s ability – but also…
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Chasing Dawn

John Quillen
Hard-earned sunrises from Everest to Appalachia—finding beauty where few ever look Leaving a warm sleeping bag in the middle of the night is not my favorite part of mountaineering. I joke that we wake up before we go to sleep so as not…
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Parking It Downtown

George Korda
“Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.” – Will Rogers For decades, when Knoxville city officials asked local folks to visit downtown Knoxville, what they heard in response was the…
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Fear of Missing Out

Rev. George Doebler
What our discomfort in exclusion reveals about us— and how we might respond There’s something about human nature that stirs up this mysterious “fear of missing out.” It’s a process that plays out in our minds, saying more about who we…
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Finding His Rhythm

Chris Blue
From small-town roots to center stage, Cruz Contreras follows the pull of music Cruz Contreras didn’t set out to be a frontman. “I just wanted to be a piano player and take a solo now and again,” he says. But life had other plans—plans…
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