Woman Ministers to Telemarketers

Once, while speaking on the topic of grace in Toronto, I asked the audience about their own experiences conveying grace to others. One woman shocked us ...

Actress Gives First Class Seat to Serviceman

The Comedian Louis CK has a routine in which he jokes about having the impulse to give up his first class airline seat to a soldier. Louis CK says,

[Service ...

Policeman's Kind Deed to a Homeless Man

In 2012, on a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence DePrimo was working a counterterrorism post when he encountered an older, barefooted ...

Are We Addicted to Negative Words?

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, has lectured throughout this country on the powerful, often negative impact of words. ...

Tough Guy Math Teacher Has Tender Heart

At St. Francis High School in La Canada, California, math teacher Jim O'Connor is known for his tough, no-nonsense approaching to algebra, pushing ...

The Power of Community in an AA Group

Gordon MacDonald shares the following story about visiting a small group of men and women affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous. MacDonald said that he ...

Farmer Brings Milk to Enemies During War

The Bosnian War during the early 1990s pitted Bosnian Serbs against Muslims, making the sides bitter enemies. But after the war, journalist Chris Hedges ...

School Bus Driver Stops to Save a Life

On October 18, 2013 in Buffalo, New York, 37-year-old Darnell Barton was driving a bus filled with high school students over a bridge when he spotted ...

Unconditional Love for Someone with Severe Disabilities

Jean Vanier, a Christian leader who founded L'Arche communities around the world for persons with severe disabilities, tells a story about a 76-year-old ...

Brutally Honest Rejection Letters

The website Business Insider ran an article titled "7 Brutally Honest Job Rejection Letters." Here are two examples of how not to confront someone. ...