Swim Coach Sees the Needs in His Own City

For years, Doug Banister, a Christian from Knoxville, Tennessee, had taken mission trips to Romania. God had moved powerfully on those trips, but Doug ...

We're All One Step from Being 'Those People'

Sociologist Brene Brown's TED talk "The Power of Vulnerability" has garnered over millions of hits. For good reason: we are hungry for the ...

Man Has Lavish Funeral for His Homeless Brother

This is the true story of twin brothers from Australia. As they were growing up, Leslie and Karl were close throughout their chaotic childhood. But after ...

Drowning People Can't Cry for Help

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, every day about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes ...

A Parable about How Our 'Help' Can Hurt Others

An African Christian leader shared the following story about his experience with receiving "help" from well-meaning American mission partners: ...

Foster Mom Is Called 'The Baby Whisperer'

Becky O'Connell has been given a unique unofficial title—"The Baby Whisperer." Officially, the 65-year-old woman is a temporary foster ...

The Poor Are the Church's Real Treasure

In the middle of the third century there was a Christian leader named Lawrence who served as a deacon in the Church of Rome. According to tradition, Lawrence ...

World Food Bank Interviews the Poor

In the early 1990s the World Bank tried a new approach in their attempts to alleviate world poverty: they started consulting with the real experts on ...

Man Acts as Good Samaritan to the Same Stranger Twice

The same stranger came to the aid of a man and his son during two completely different emergencies, at different places, eight years apart.

Christopher ...

Family Shows Persistent Love to Hurting Couple

John Knight and Denise Knight were happily anticipating the birth of their first child, a son. They had already decided to name him Paul. But when Paul ...