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The Soup Place, a restaurant in Melbourne Australia has created an ongoing program to provide meals to the homeless and in need of support. Customers pay for a meal then leave a sticky note on board for a person in need to redeem. Often customers leave messages for the recipients even though they will…

When Paul Mitchell saw how hard parts of Texas were hit by a strong winter storm, he knew God wanted him to go and help people who did not have water to drink shower or even flush their toilets. The retired plumber and his family went to Austin area along with others, and soon realized that the plumbers…

On April 4, 2020 Luciana Lira, a Connecticut school teacher spoke to Zully, a mother of one of her school children and learned that she had two medical issues. She was pregnant and about to give birth, and she had just tested positive for COVID-19. After hanging up the phone with Zully, she immediately…

An employee alerted Jitennda Singh about a possible shoplifter in his store. Singh went to the front and confronted the young man when he came to the register to check out. When asked to empty his pockets the boy took out one item, but Singh had seen him take more on the security cameras. When Singh…

Writing in World Magazine, Editor Marvin Olasky tries to make sense out of our current cultural situation. He says that we are essentially two nations. As one example he proposes, “We have an America of compassion toward the very young and the very old, and a United States of callousness that promotes…

Police in Corpus Christ, Texas say an ATM technician accidentally locked himself in a room and tried to contact people using the machine for help. He left his keycard and cell phone in his truck. He could not leave the room or notify bank employees, so he decided to try ask people using the ATM for help.…

Chicago Cubs fan Karen Michel went to Game Six of the 2016 World Series hoping to get an extra ticket. Michel discovered the game was sold out, but she didn’t give up. While she was thinking about what to do, Michel spotted comedian Bill Murray, who is also a Cubs fan. She began following him, and before…

Even after playing his first baseball game with Arizona Fall League, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow took time to pray for and talk to a fan who suffered a seizure. Brandon Berry had the seizure after sitting in near 100-degree heat for a long time. Another man, Daniel Kelly, said he met Berry early…

A North Carolina judge found a defendant guilty and sentenced him to jail time. Joseph Serna, a former Green Beret and Afghanistan Veteran was self-medicating his PTSD with alcohol. When he violated his probation for a DUI charge, the judge sentenced him to a night in jail. But then the judge, also a…

At the end of 2014, 59.5 million refugees have been driven from their homes by war, conflict, and persecution according to the United Nations. 15 regional conflicts have either started or reignited in the years 2009-2014. The increase in refugees between 2013 and 2014 is the sharpest ever one-year increase.…

People from all over the Phoenix, Arizona are taking time to visit a supermarket in Scottsdale, because they know the cashier Joey Abston will encourage them. Abston’s mission is for every customer to leave his register with their groceries and a smile. He understands what it means to have a hard day,…

A new documentary, The Drop Box, tells the story of Pastor Lee Jong-rak, who founded South Korea’s first box for abandoned newborn babies. The film tells how Lee, once a dirty-tempered, skirt-chasing drunk, was transformed by a loving heavenly father to love his own child and other newborns and sick…

When Cherie Miller started a pay it forward chain reaction by opting to pay for the food in the car behind her, she did not realize that she would actually benefit from her own kindness. After starting the chain, Miller drove off, and a few blocks away realized that she had forgotten to get chicken nuggets…

Brittney Hanvey says she doesn't quite know what made her pull over to the side of the road to offer a homeless man a biscuit. But that seemingly small act set off a chain of events that helped transform a life. Hanvey, a member of First Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala., is a pharmaceutical sales representative,…

Having not being notified of a hospital board meeting, Dr. Edwin West was the only Doctor available near the newborn nursery on a spring day back in 1976. A call went out for him to look at a prematurely born baby who had stopped breathing. He did mouth to face breathing, face because the baby’s face…

Most people equate church with feeding the soul, but a Michigan church is continuing a tradition to feeding both body and soul. Northridge Church in Plymouth Michigan has asked 300 community volunteers to help tend its 21,000 square foot garden. They plan to do better than they ever have, and deliver…

Christ’s earthly ministry wasn’t simply work; He loved every person He came across. I once read this story written by an evangelist: “I was once conducting a session with high school teenagers. I told them that they could ask me any question on any subject, and I would try and answer it. Their questions…

COMPASSION In his book, Conservative Victory, Sean Hannity writes, “But Jesus never directed that government be the agency used to help the poor. He was talking about charity proceeding from individuals and His church.” - Highlight Loc. 2698-99 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson. Psalm 41:1 (NASB) “How blessed…

EVANGELISM "Bruce" walks through the church door out into the warm Columbian evening and begins panning the horizon to see if he can see the missing person from his party. Bruce doesn't get shook easily. Back home, he's a tough negotiator, a leader in his church and community. But the guerillas in the…

Care, for the Lord Is Listening 22 You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, 24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. Exodus…

My wife, Gail and I were in an airplane, seated almost at the back. As the plane loaded up, a woman with two small children came down the aisle to take the seat right in front of us. And behind her, another woman. The two women took the A and C seats, one of the children sat in the middle seat, and the…

People seem to “overreact” to a change when they are reacting more than we are. But when we think that way, we overlook two things: first, that changes cause transitions, which cause losses, and it is the losses, not the changes, that they’re reacting to; and second, that it’s a piece of their world…

In football when a man is down and the whistle has blown and you jump on top of him, it’s called piling on, and you are penalized for it. In boxing when an opponent is staggering glassy-eyed or he can no longer defend himself, or is bleeding critically, the referee has the mandate to stop the fight.…

The President’s old fried Joshua Speed was at the White ‘louse for a visit, and the next morning watched while the President granted a request for the release of several draft registers whose case was presented by two ladies. When Speed and Lincoln were alone, the President said, “That old lady was no…

To walk in another person’s shoes, you have to take off your own. - - Larry Wilson The One Minute Sales Person, Tape 2, Side B