Good News of Great Joy!

Too busy for a last minute mad dash to the mall? Weary of searching the internet for a gift you know won’t be perfect? Oh, yes. We all know the frustrating routine: gift isn’t right, doesn’t fit, recipient got three others just like it.

Here’s a suggestion: Fill out your list with a gift that will change a life. One that keeps on giving long after the tree is gone and the wrappings put away. Here are 5 suggestions:

Many of us have a defining moment in our lives. Mine is the fire that roared through my neighborhood and destroyed my home on June 27, 1990, at 6:35 p.m. I think I will forever mark time as BF and AF—before the fire and after the fire.

I was in India researching Daughters of Hope, the first of my 10 international books, when I came face-to-face with the reality of modern-day slavery. Jyoti, a young teenager, was showing me through her home--a village built on a huge garbage dump.