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Many stories are coming out about Americans selflessly meeting the needs of others, during the COVID-19 crisis. But one of the most heart-warming is that of “Invisible Hands,” created by Liam Elkind and Simone Palicano, based in New York City. What makes them so special is that they are college students,…

On October 27, 2018, Robert Gregory Bowers walked into a Synagogue in Pittsburgh and opened fire, reportedly yelling that all Jews needed to die. When the shooting ended, twelve people were dead. For many, that is where the story ends. But not for all. Within one day of the tragedy, two organizations…

Jack McConnell recently died at the age of 93. He was a medical researcher who participated in some amazing discoveries including a test for detecting tuberculosis and developing the polio vaccine. He was also instrumental in the invention of the first MRI system. Perhaps his biggest contribution of…

Journalist Anthony Breznican tells a heart grabbing story of the day he met Fred Rogers, the creator and star of the children’s television show, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. It was during a difficult time in his life. “The future seemed hopeless. I was struggling, lonely, dealing with a lot of broken pieces…

A caring person took a child with malnutrition to a mission child care center but was turned away due to a shortage of space. The one who brought the child to the childcare center did not blame the staff of childcare center, but started WORLD VISION to help needy children in many countries of the world.…

Jesus walked where the people could see him; even the needy ones. Luke tells of ten lepers who could see him and called to him while he was passing by. Jesus stopped and healed them. (See Luke 17) If the city of Santa Barbara, California has its way, it will become more difficult for the needy and the…

NEIGHBOR It had the feel of a biblical plague, but it wasn’t in Ancient Egypt, it was in a New York City GameStop store, near Union Square—thousands of swarming bees trapped workers inside. Most passer-bys “walked on the other side of the street,” but not Edward Albers. Though he didn’t don protective…

You reap what you sow... The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. “Leave me…

True love forgets self and considers others a higher priority. William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story: The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter…

One of my favorite D.L. Moody stories illustrates this point. Attending a convention in Indianapolis, Mr. Moody asked singer Ira Sankey to meet him at 6 o’clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody put him on a box and asked him to sing, and it was not long before a…

The story, found in Luke 10:30-37, is about man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho when thieves beat him, robbed him, and left him naked and “half dead” by the side of the road. Soon someone came along who might be expected to treat the traveler with compassion: this Jewish priest was probably on his…

On April 26, 2008, the Western Oregon women's softball team played against Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. During the course of the game, Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit the first homerun of her college career. She dropped her bat and started to make her way around the…

The Little Lame Boy */“A little lame boy was once hurrying to catch a train. In the press of the crowd he experienced real difficulty in manipulating his crutches, especially as he was carrying a basket full of fruit and candy. As the passengers rushed along, one hit the basket by mistake, knocking oranges,…

When a lawyer questioning Jesus asked him to explain who he meant by “your neighbor,” Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan. (See Luke 10:29-37) The usual interpretation is that we should treat everyone as if they were our neighbor. Researchers at the University of Milan analyzed the friend links…

Motorists drove around dead body on road Tue May 8, 2007 10:11am ET JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than two dozen Israeli motorists maneuvered around the dead body of a road accident victim lying in the middle of a busy intersection, failing to stop to help in an incident captured by a traffic camera. In…

• Tim “Tool Man” Taylor – Wilson • Ricky and Lucy Ricardo – Fred and Ethel Mertz • Daren & Samantha Stevens – Abner and Gladys Kravitz • Jerry Seinfeld –Kosmo Kramer • Fred and Wilma Flintstone - Barny and Betty Rubble • Mr. Rogers - Any willing one Scott Cody. (2007). Illustrations of Scott Cody. Source:…

Tim “Tool Man” Taylor – Wilson Ricky and Lucy Ricardo – Fred and Ethel Mertz Daren & Samantha Stevens – Abner and Gladys Kravitz Jerry Seinfeld –Kosmo Kramer Fred and Wilma Flintstone - Barny and Betty Rubble Mr. Rogers - Any willing one Source:

Compassion should motivate us to more than just feeling sorrow for someone it should motivate us to action. Pity is a feeling, but true compassion demands an action. There is a funny story about Peter admitting people at the gates of heaven. Peter asks one man who appears, ‘Tell me one act of kindness…

In 1975, a child named Raymond Dunn, Jr., was born in the state of New York. The Associated Press (AP) reported that at his birth, a skull fracture and oxygen deprivation caused severe retardation. As the child grew up, the family discovered that he had other impairments. His twisted body suffered up…

We’re exposed daily to so much human tragedy we’ve experienced what some have called compassion fatigue. Having felt sorry for so many flood victims, earthquake victims and war victims we simply cannot muster the sympathy we know we ought to have for fresh casualties. But even worse than compassion fatigue…

Some years ago two Princeton University psychologists, John Darley and Daniel Batson, decided to conduct a study inspired by the biblical story of the Good Samaritan. They met with a group of seminarians, individually, and asked each one to prepare a short, extemporaneous talk on a given biblical theme,…

Pastor David Jeremiah tells a story about Bob Pierce. Pierce had advanced leukemia. But he went to visit a friend in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer. And she only had a short…

Kansas Store Video Captures Five Shoppers Stepping Over Dying Stabbing Victim *Tuesday , July 03, 2007 WICHITA, Kan. — As stabbing victim LaShanda Calloway lay dying on the floor of a convenience store, five shoppers, including one who stopped to take a picture of her with a cell phone, stepped over…

Good Samaritan Counts Cost Taxi driver, Peter Anderson, came upon a car accident and saw three bruised and bleeding people. He offered his taxi cab for them to sit in as shelter until help arrived. Anderson explained what happened next: “They had a few cuts and bruises and I let them shelter in my cab.…

Ten years ago, Kirsten and Lee Hildebrand thought they knew where their lives were headed. They had just settled into their first home in a suburban community, where Kirsten practiced labor and employment law and Lee was working on a doctorate in counseling psychology. But when the couple attended Eastbrook…