Johnny Townsend: Nobody wants to read ‘The Power of Positive Giving Up’

(Courtesy of Religion News Service) Norman Vincent Peale was a Christian preacher and author, most notably of "The Power of Positive Thinking."

(Courtesy of Religion News Service) Norman Vincent Peale was a Christian preacher and author, most notably of "The Power of Positive Thinking."

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