An eastern Kentucky church under a firestorm of criticism since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from joining the congregation overturned that decision Sunday, saying it welcomes all believers.
20 miles east of Paris, a local mayor is breaking new ground by placing a synagogue, a mosque and two Buddhist temples side by side in an effort to harbor peace between faiths. The traditionally Catholic town of Bussy-Saint-Georges, has long had a church.
They lost their dream home in the San Diego fires this week but found something in the rubble that restored their spirits and their community's hope as well.
Boe Kirner, who now lives in Perth, Australia, wrote on the Good News Network Page, after seeing the photo washed blankets for the homeless: The 21-year-old New Zealander was in New York City doing a 6 month stint as a paramedic when she met a homeless boy to whom she gave her house key. The kindness shown might have dramatically changed two lives.
An online video series begins today telling the story of Kia Scherr, a wife and mother, who has forgiven the unforgiveable. Her husband and 13-year-old daughter were murdered two years ago in the Mubai terrorist attacks, while they huddled together under a table in the Oberoi Hotel restaurant.
Millions know his name now. After cheating death three times, Ben Breedlove, 18, finally lost his life on Christmas day, but not before leaving a moving last message recorded for YouTube telling of his near-death experiences and how at peace he finally felt with his fatal heart condition.
Caleb Swanigan's adoptive father never stopped believing in him – and now he has been voted as one of the best basketball players in the country.
This woman had spent three days searching for her cat after it escaped a harness - but right when she was about to give up, she asked for help.
A minister was losing faith and didn't want to go to church any more, until a balloon's plea for help floated into his lap.
Portland Trail Blazers basketball star, Jermaine O'Neal has an angel...at least his mother thinks so. He was trapped in his car in a ditch after a truck slammed into him and left the scene in early December.
In life you will have many trying times but there is a tremendous capacity within us to rise above any situation, any challenge, any limitation. Always we must know that if I'm discouraged or disappointed it's not because of what happened, it is a result of my own consciousness, my own negative awareness.
Eloise Vincent founded SOFTLY International-- Securing Our Future Today Loving Youth -- to supply medical care, clothing and beds to families living in extreme One of her beliefs was tested and ultimately strengthened this winter when SOFTLY’s abundant funds ran out.
My good friend Wally Bock wrote an article for his newsletter which he titled Christmas and Cancer Both Begin with C. Wally's mother died of cancer in 1982 after fourteen years as one of the earliest recipients of chemotherapy. One of her life's mottos was What good can we make of this? I was honored when Wally wrote about my experience alongside his mother's.
Rebecca Eddlemon looked for good in everyone, even the two gunmen who surprised her and husband Oscar Eddlemon in their food market in the mid-1970s.
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