Archive for April 4th, 2007
What if you had an interracial marriage in 1968?
In the late ’60s, race relations in America were in turmoil. People clashed with police over civil rights, cities burned, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated. The country was polarized.
And in 1968, Clarence Krygsheld, who is white, married his sweetheart, Faye Hightower, who is black.
“We were just two people that met and really liked [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under Love / Romance.
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What if you rode a lawnmower across America?
Louis Ransom is counting on more days like this in the coming months - sleeping beneath the stars, chats over breakfast with friendly waitresses, interviews with curious reporters.
It will be a journey of more than 30,000 miles, as long as his luck and his lawn mower hold out.
Ransom, a 48-year-old Michigan man, is in the [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under Life Stories.
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What if God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer?
Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is “yes.”
David R. Hodge, an assistant professor of social work in the College of Human Services at Arizona State University, conducted a comprehensive analysis [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under Discoveries / Science.
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What if you were shot nine times?
A Medicine Hat woman who survived being shot nine times says it has given her strength and a more positive outlook on life.
”I’m not a miracle,” Kelly Winterburn, 52, told the Medicine Hat News on Wednesday. ”What happened to me is a miracle.”
Winterburn was repeatedly shot by her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, Matthew Gregor, 30, who later [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under Survival.
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What if there was no video conferencing?
When Marine Sgt. Chad Matthews was unable to get leave from Iraq to be with his wife, Cynthia, for the birth of their son in Mobile, he turned to his chaplain for help.
His chaplain turned to the miracle of video conferencing, arranged by the Freedom Calls Foundation.
The organization, which exists to help troops share important [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under Life Stories.
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