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I am not sure if we own them or if they own us. Research from Asurion shows that Americans average checking their smart phones every 10 minutes. While they say they are doing this to stay connected with their friends and family they acknowledge that their phones get in the way of their face-to-face conversations.…

Shannon Grimm, a Texas kindergarten teacher noticed that one of her students, Prisilla Perez, had become quiet and sad. Upon investigation, she discovered the little 5-year-old was struggling because her classmates thought her new haircut made her look like a boy. Shannon decided to help, so she had…

A recent viral video showed three juveniles bulling Derrin Weddlem a thirteen-year-old autistic boy. While Weddle’s younger brother was watching, they pointed a gun at his face and demanded that Weddle kiss their feet. Weddle’s mother said, “I was hurt. I was angry. I was crying. I was mad.”—Jim L. Wilson…

When the “Our Place Restaurant” in Manfield, Texas ran out of soup, they would not discount their Saturday Special or offer a substitute to Dwain Downey. Instead of shrugging it off, Downey, who happens to be an attorney, sent them a demand letter for $2.25, along with an additional $250.00 fee for writing…

People from all over the Phoenix, Arizona are taking time to visit a supermarket in Scottsdale, because they know the cashier Joey Abston will encourage them. Abston’s mission is for every customer to leave his register with their groceries and a smile. He understands what it means to have a hard day,…

A Texas woman was awarded over $229,000 because a cable company placed 153 automated calls to her cell phone. Araceli King said, the calls were meant for the person who had the cell number before her, and even though she told the company, the calls did not stop. The cable company said the calls were…

Leon Delong got restless and decided to do something meaningful after he retired. He heard that city office towers were routinely throwing away half-used rolls of toilet paper. Leon began to gather them and deliver them to a local food bank, where they were given to those in need. He has been doing that…

Operation Christmas child is a program that delivers holiday gifts to impoverished children around the world. As of 2013, they have given shoebox-wrapped gifts to more than 100 million children in over 130 countries. A ministry of Samaritan’s Purse led by Franklin Graham, the boxes are given with a gospel…

Bismark Mensah, an hourly employee at the Walmart in Federal Way, Washington was helping a woman load groceries into her car. As she drove off, he noticed she had dropped an envelope. The envelope contained $20,000 in cash. Mensah, who immigrated to the United States from Ghana, flagged the woman down…

Adam Grant, who is the youngest tenured professor at Wharton College in New York, recently conducted research about how helping others can increase overall productivity. His research work began with a person observation, while Grant was working selling ads for a travel guide series. He realized that…

Darnell Brown is a one-year-old adventurer. Venturing out in East Point, Georgia, Darnell fell into a storm drain and became trapped. The only rescuer who was small enough to reach him was Rosa Tullis, who stands only 4 feet 11 inches tall. She squeezed down the hole where she reached little Darnell…

The biggest free agent in the history of the National Football League signed with the Denver Broncos. In the beginning, no one mentioned the Broncos as a possible landing place for All Star Quarterback and future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning who was seeking to continue his career with a new team. Doing…

A devastating earthquake rocked the island of Japan in March 2011. Aftershocks have continued to plague the country and the world has come together to aid Japan in its time of distress. One of the surprising sources of this aid is South Korea. The Japanese and Korean people have long held a strong animosity…

We recently had a group of our men who went deep sea fishing. Evidently, there had been some reports that, because of the unusual weather we had been having this year, there was a certain kind of fish that were being caught by the boatloads, literally. Now, I’m not much of a fisherman, but these guys…

You wake in the morning and look over at your desk. There it is. It’s a bright pink and you know what’s on it. It’s sitting on top of the box you used to clean out your desk. That was a month ago, but the pain is just as fresh as if it had happened five minutes earlier. Beside the box is your Bible.…

He was flushed with victory! It had been awesome! All day the false prophets had cut themselves and prayed to Baal trying to get their dead god to do something and all day long they had not even seen the white flicker of a spark. But then it was His turn. In quiet, confident tones he called on his God…

I still remember being shocked to hear it. I was standing in the Doctor’s entrance to Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. I was standing there with my buddy who also sold pharmaceuticals. We were there meeting the docs as they left from or arrived for their morning rounds. As they waited for the elevators,…

I am an addict! I have discovered that I am addicted to my grandson. Every so often, I just have to get into that Camry and drive 16 hours so I can hold him while he drools on my shirt. I know it’s hard for you to understand, but it makes perfect sense to me. I just got back from one of those excursions.…

SHE RARELY CRIED, BUT THIS ONE NIGHT WAS DIFFERENT. I HAD MADE A DEAL WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE THAT, I WOULD PAY HER SCHOOL BILL, ALL OF IT, IF SHE WOULD JUST FINISH PAYNG FOR HER CAR AND COVER THE INSURANCE BY GETTING A JOB. SEEMED LIKE A GOOD DEAL TO ME AND I WAS GOING TO…

Elie Wiesel says, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” --The Week, August 6, 2010 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell This may help explain our tendency to hate this year the same people we were enough in love with to marry at some point in our past. We love and hate…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted,…

Dr. Claudio Vitale wasn’t going to let his patient die on the operating table, even if it killed him. While he was performing the brain surgery, the Italian surgeon suffered a heart attack. But did that stop him from doing his duty for his patient. "I knew I couldn't leave the surgery then.” Vitale says,…

EASTON, Pa. — A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from…

You reap what you sow... The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. “Leave me…

When we discern that people are not going on spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to criticism, we block our way to God. God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede. Chambers, O. (1993, c1935). My utmost for his highest : Selections for the year (November…