Someone Cares: Bake Me a Blessing
By Roberta Kautz1 min read
A grateful daughter finds a sweet way to show gratitude to her 91-year-old mother, whose baking days are behind her.
Inspiring Stories
Someone Cares: Say What?
By Roberta Messner1 min read
Chance meetings with young parents give her the chance to share the best gift her mother ever gave her.
Moral Injury: Six Questions Answered
By The Editors2 min read
Here’s a look at moral injury, a relatively new term for the emtional and spiritual pain that can afflict soldiers and others who are asked to perform actions that run counter to their moral codes.
Kristin Chenoweth Makes a Leap of Faith in Adopting a Rescue Dog
By Kristin Chenoweth8 min read
With a solid foundation of faith and family, the acclaimed actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth lives her life by a motto she learned from her mother: “You never know, honey.”
Rediscovering a Passion for Music Changed This Mom’s Life
By Erin Janoso6 min read
She enjoyed being a wife and mother, but still felt discontented, disconnected from who she once was. Until she finally returned to her first love: music.
A Guardian Angel Arrives in Answer to a Mother’s Prayer
By Molly Pennington5 min read
The mother of a young girl facing surgery prays for her daughter’s fears to be comforted. The answer she receives is one she could never have expected.
Someone Cares: Sleep Well
By Marilyln K. Strube1 min read
A new acquaintance was quickly promoted to “dear friend” status, thanks to a thoughtful and timely gift.
Someone Cares: Color Me Calm
By Jennie Tezak1 min read
A woman who struggles with depression and anxiety is introduced to a calming practice by a pal.
This Cancer Survivor Is Delivering Hope and Healthy Food to Others
By Jessica Toomer4 min read
Wendy Borden beat breast cancer, now she’s delivering healthy meals to those fighting life threatening illnesses.
An Iraq Veteran Comes to Terms with Moral Injury
By Sergeant First Class Marshall Powell, U.S. Army (Ret.)8 min read
Moral injury is a wound to the conscience, and nothing inflicts it more deeply than war. Here’s how one veteran found healing after a traumatic event in Iraq.
A Nurse Sets Sail on a Mercy Ship
By Brett Leveridge4 min read
Travel along with Heather Morehouse as she undertakes a journey of compassion and healing with Mercy Ships, an organization that sends medical ships to ports in developing nations.
An Iraq Veteran’s Journey of Healing
By Brett Leveridge2 min read
In 2007, the now-Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Marshall Powell served as a medic in Iraq. After his deployment, he returned home with an injury that wasn’t visible to the eye. He had suffered what is now termed “moral injury”: the internal suffering that results from an action that goes against one’s moral code. As he
