This Is Why He Came and Died: Reflections on Good Friday

"Can it really be just three months ago we gathered with loved ones to celebrate Christmas? What joy we felt as we celebrated the birth of the baby Jesus. Emmanuel. God with us.

But today, on Good Friday, we reflect on how that beautiful babe in the manger came to fulfill a mission. A terrible and glorious mission! God invaded planet Earth. He became a human child, to live as one of us, to call us to repent, to love God with our whole heart, minds, and souls, and our neighbors as ourselves."

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The Problem with Self-Esteem: Priorities

"My kids all have library cards. The cards, which must be scanned whenever books are checked out, not only encourage them to read; they also teach a measure of personal responsibility.

My children get to check out the books themselves and must return them by the due date or incur a fine."

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Save the Children Urges Robust Support from Donors, Governments and Organizations to Ensure that Haitian Children Survive and Thrive

"Nearly three months after a killer earthquake devastated vast swaths of Haiti, children are increasingly at risk and require sustained assistance and protection. With the advent of the rainy season, the plight of displaced children living in untenable settlements is urgent. The International Donors' Conference in New York tomorrow presents a critical opportunity for the Haitian and donor governments to prioritize the needs and rights of Haitian children — whose health, well-being, education and future hinge on the meeting's outcome."

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5 good Samaritans start chains of life

"Five Chicago-area adults who have stepped forward to give kidneys to strangers may help save the lives of as many as two dozen people, thanks to transplant chains that will multiply the impact of the donations."

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Tea and Charity: Modern 'Little Platoons'

"One Sunday afternoon in February, a few dozen women gathered at McLean, Virginia, home. Walking through the door, they saw Chinese lanterns and they heard the sound of classical Chinese music. In the dining room, the ladies found a mouthwatering spread of Chinese pastries and savories.

It was a fundraising tea party for a Chinese human rights group. But it was something else as well. It was an example of what the great British statesman Edmund Burke called the 'little platoons.'”

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Seismic Reform? The California Corrections Crisis

"California is in the midst of what one expert calls a 'seismic shift'—and it has nothing to do with the San Andreas Fault. Circumstances are forcing California—like many other states—to rethink the way it handles prisons and prisoners."

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Cashier receiving customer's kidney today

"Shortly before 6 a.m. Friday morning, Dan Coyne, a married father of two, showed up at Myra de la Vega's doorstep in Evanston to pick her up for a very special date.

Their destination: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Coyne is planning to donate one of his kidneys to de la Vega, 49, a single mother with two children who is suffering from renal failure."

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