Inspirational Stories Archives

The actress is partnering with ASPiRE TV to help empower and inspire young girls.

A reader tells us how her good deed was inspired by Mysterious Ways…

Watch as a first-grade teacher, retiring after 41 years, is honored by her former students.

Meet Clifford Bruton, a retired 20-year Navy veteran who discovered a new purpose in the last place he ever expected.

By Rose Foster4 min read

All the Johnsons knew the story of that night in 1935 when little Rose fought for her life while a storm rolled across the Texas Panhandle

By Alfred Dolce2 min read

A grieving widower is frustrated that he can't find the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle–but does his late wife lend a hand?

By Adam Hunter2 min read

Assistant editor Daniel Kessel asks: Do you trust your smartphone to save your life, or do you put your faith elsewhere?

With her brother sinking in quicksand and no one around to help, she was thrilled to see the old man coming their way. But why was he moving so slow?

By Susan Call3 min read

This writer knew all of her father's stories—except the most important one.

By Jim Hinch6 min read

She’d had the chance to help out a wayfaring stranger, but had let it pass her by. Would she get a second opportunity?

[REVIEW] Tracks, a new film starring Mia Wasikowska, tells the true story of a 1,700-mile journey through the outback.

What happens when a mother and daughter pray for opposing things?