Stephen King on the Power of Giving

Prolific author Stephen King made a speech at the Vassar College commencement on May 20, 2001. He entitled it "Scaring You to Action" and told ...

Boxer Mike Tyson Justifies Himself

"I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson either.''

—Boxer Mike Tyson, arguing unsuccessfully during his application ...

"Life as a House": Making a Wrong Right

In the movie Life as a House, George, a forty-something employee at an architectural firm, loses his job and his health. When he learns he has only four ...

God Uses the Infirm to Care

Linda Thomas writes in Today’s Woman:

I was told that John came from a well-to-do family, but because he was mentally handicapped, they rejected ...

Loving People of Every Race

Author Ruth Senter writes:

Life sometimes has a way of showing us ourselves more clearly. September 11th, 2001 was such a time for me.

On Monday, my husband ...

Compassion Energizes Ministry

Pastor Matthew Woodley writes:

Two years ago I nearly ditched the pastorate. I started focusing on the negatives of my job: the Saturday-night sermon-anxiety ...

Saved to Complete a Mission

On September 11, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell (from U.S. Army Headquarters) had just stepped into a Pentagon hallway when the fireball from the hijacked plane ...

Everyday Compassion

A Chicago-based newspaper, StreetWise, is sold by homeless people, who collect a portion of the proceeds. One day as I walked to work, I passed a StreetWise ...

"It's a Wonderful Life": Supportive Fellowship

The movie It's a Wonderful Life celebrates one man's extraordinary generosity. George Bailey, the proprietor of a building and loan institution, ...

Bono on Compassion

U2 singer Bono, in a private meeting in June 2001 on the Hill in Washington, D.C., said this about helping the needy of the world:

What will really wake ...