Woman Launches Social Media Hunt for Anonymous Rescuer

A woman who was abandoned as an infant has turned to Facebook to find the people who rescued her. In January 1983, Amanda Jones says one of her birth ...

Cash-Filled Wallets Planted Globally Teach Us About Honesty

So picture this: You're a receptionist at a hotel. Someone says they found a lost wallet but they're in a hurry. They hand it to you. What would ...

Unaccompanied Autistic Minor Befriended on Flight, Mom Relieved

Alexa Bjornson and her son Landon had made the plane trip several times, from Las Vegas to Portland to visit Landon’s father. It had become an annual ...

Big Tasks are Accompanied by Big Doubts

In Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Batman assembles a team of super-champions to take on a rising tide of super-villains. An ancient entity named ...

Traumatically Injured Woman Forgives Her Attacker

A New York Times obituary for a woman named Victoria Ruvolo provided a moving story about the power of forgiveness.

Ms. Ruvolo’s widely publicized ...

A Loving Witness in the Muslim World

In the days leading up to 9-11, fighting in Afghanistan between local groups and then the Taliban resulted in thousands of refugees pouring down into ...

Local Girl Launches Wish Campaign for Elderly Neighbors

Fifth grader Ruby Kate Chitsey often spent time with the residents in the nursing home where her mother works, so when one of them mentioned a need to ...

Florida Man Threatens with Weapon Named ‘Kindness’

Whereas the conventional wisdom calls for killing your neighbors with kindness, resident Bryan Stewart took the idea to its literal extreme.

According ...

Hospice Nuns’ Gifts Stolen; Thief Changes Mind

For the nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor, kindness is a discipline that is its own reward. But occasionally, their acts of kindness yield more tangible ...

Deputy Literally Goes the Extra Mile to Serve Citizen in Wheelchair

Two sheriff’s deputies thought they were responding to a routine call, but when they arrived, the situation required more than what they’d ...