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A vet's body lies alone in a cooled room in the Gates of Heaven Funeral Home in Detroit, thanks to the grace of its 66-year-old owner, Joseph Norris, who said, "My heart told me I had to do this."

Last Thursday, Kingsport Animal Control found Hope, a 12-year-old hound, chained up and left for dead behind a home on Dunbar Street. The metal around her neck had sliced open her flesh 2 inches deep and, without muscle or meat, her bones were starting to rub through her skin. Donna Davidson, supervisor at the Kingsport Animal Shelter, said around 300 people have called to check on Hope since she arrived. They’ve donated more than $2,500 to her recovery and upkeep. One man, who requested anonymity, dropped off a check for $1,000. Half, he said, was for her medical treatment. The...

Somewhere in my peripheral vision there was a young girl pushing a load of shopping carts toward the grocery store. There must have been twenty to thirty of those huge metal carriers locked into one another.

I remember one Saturday afternoon, as I was bending out the window handing a man his venti, quad-shot, half sugar-free-vanilla half sugar-free-hazelnut, six splenda, extra hot, non-fat, no foam latte-with a sprinkle of cinnamon- served in a double cup plus hot sleeve, he said, "I want to buy the drink of whoever is behind me. Is that do-able?" I looked at the car behind and and for some reason the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Why?" "I want to show them the love of Jesus in a practical way." he said. "Is it do-able?" "Yeah, sure."...

RICHMOND | Like many dogs introduced to new environments, Gracie was a bit hesitant when she arrived at Sharon Cornett's home in Chesterfield County. From the sights, sounds and smells in the kitchen to the layouts of the various rooms, Gracie needed some time to find a comfort zone. "She was a little bit shy," Miss Cornett said. "But she quickly discovered that sitting on the sofa was her most favorite activity." These days, Gracie clearly is comfortable with her home. She seems to relish her role as the official laid-back greeter when strangers visit, and if they spend some...

I recently recieved this email from a friend, and thought I would just pass it on. 'Some people!' snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the grocery store. 'You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line, 'said a woman. I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold up was and saw a well dressed, young woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. No matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting it. 'It's one of them welfare card things. Damn...

But the fruit of the Spirit is kindness. Galatians 5:22-23 The world talks about practicing "random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty." I like that attitude. We can do this all day, every day. It wouldn’t be difficult. Of course, some are better at being kind than others. So what does "kind" look like: sending a handwritten note to a friend across the country letting that guy butt in front of you even after you’ve waited 20 minutes saying please and thank you often admitting when you’ve been in error helping a neighbor move in complimenting someone on...

Many years ago, when I was called as a bishop, I had a desire for the bishopric to visit those who were less active in the Church and see if there was anything we could do to bring the blessings of the gospel into their lives. One day we visited a man in his 50s who was a respected mechanic. He told me the last time he had been to church was when he was a young boy. Something had happened that day. He had been acting up in class and was being noisier than he should when his...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- Maria Meneses has a vision, but in order to see it through, she needs help. The vision: to deliver a rose to all female patients in nursing homes on Mother's Day. Her inspiration came from a desire to pay tribute to her late mother, Eneyda Meneses, who cared for a sick aunt in a nursing home for many years. "I don't have a mom. How else can I celebrate?" said Meneses, a parishioner of St. Patrick's on Miami Beach who made an Emmaus retreat eight years ago. One of the central themes of Emmaus is...

With the recent charges that a major National Football League player had allowed cruel dog fights on his home property, the issue of cruelty to animals has been brought to national attention. Nearly everyone acknowledges the obvious -- that a person who is cruel to animals, who enjoys sees seeing an animal suffer, is likely to inflict suffering on human beings. Cruelty to animals is one of the very few predictors among children of later criminal behavior. So, aside from altruistic concern for animals, we human beings also have a selfish concern about people who enjoy making animals suffer. People...

I ... am not a pushover. I was raised in Downeast Maine at a time when suspicion and an exaggerated sense of privacy mingled to produce a people who are skeptics. I am not an easy mark, a patsy ... I think. He came up behind me as I was standing in the doorway of my car outside Starbucks, putting the two cups of coffee into the cup holders. My back was to him when I heard his first words: "Don't be alarmed." That, by itself, was alarming. He was a small man, thin, middle-age, wearing blue jeans too big...

A New Hampshire boy won the PlayStation 3 he donated to a school raffle. But Nathan Burditt won't be playing with this game. He plans to put it on eBay to raise even more money for two classmates who are battling cancer. Stephanie Hudon, 15, is undergoing treatment for bone cancer. Her brother Kevin, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Teachers and students at Memorial High School in Manchester organized a raffle in early December to help the Hudon family. Burditt donated the PS3 he bought after waiting in line 34 hours. The raffle was held Monday and Burditt won...

In February, the Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ gave a New Orleans family, who was displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the keys to a house in Hickory Hill that church members said the wife selected. They got a $75,000 house for free. But we discovered that the family sold it without ever moving in.

16th of June DEFEATING DEPRESSION PART 1 “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad” Proverbs 12:25 Depression- from Webster’s New Unabridged Dictionary Low spirits, gloominess, dejection, sadness, a decrease in force, or activity, or amount, a decrease in functional activity. An emotional condition either normal or pathological characterized by discouragement, a feeling of inadequacy, the act of humbling abasement as a depression of pride. Abasement, reduction, sinking, fall, humiliation, dejection, melancholy. Major Depression Facts Major depression is the No.1 psychological disorder in the western world.(1) It is growing in all age groups,...

LA HABRA HEIGHTS, Calif. How did the bobcat cross the road? In Puente Hills, it's the same way the coyotes, deer and other animals crossed: through the wildlife underpass beneath Harbor Boulevard. The one-point-two million dollar underpass was unveiled on June First to give the animals an alternative to dashing across the boulevard. Researchers say they're surprised that the 20-foot-wide, 160-foot-long tunnel is already well traveled by animals traveling between the Whittier Narrows nature area and the Cleveland National Forest. Even notoriously skittish deer started using the tunnel just a couple weeks after it was built, without incentives like scents,...

PROPOSALS INVITED TOWARD A MORE CIVIL DISCOURSE RE RELIGIOUS FIGURES AT ODDS WITH VARIOUS SENSIBILITIES The current thread regarding Pat Robertson is but the latest in a long tradition of certain flavors of evangelical Christian and particularly Pentecostal/Charismatic religious figures being thoroughly shredded by what--90% or more of the posts--usually in the harshest, most hostile, even demonizing wording possible. It seems that when folks are perceived to be in such Pentecostal/charismatic categories, all bets are off, no holds barred--the most viscious attacks are the minimal Standard Operating Procedure. Instead of exhorting one another in Christian Love, the worst attitudes normally...

Zambia's new farmers are being killed by kindness By David Blair in Choma (Filed: 22/03/2006) James Chance slept in a tent for four months when he arrived to farm the bush country of Zambia. Having lost his farm in Zimbabwe, Mr Chance leased 4,400 acres in its northern neighbour and was "exhilarated" to have a second opportunity to till Africa's soil. Bruce Danckwerts [L] and one of his workers inspect tobacco that will fetch much less on foreign markets Yet his hopes and those of 200 other white farmers, all fugitives from Zimbabwe, have been shattered almost overnight. Most of...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 28 -- Shoeshiner Albert Lexie has achieved a remarkable milestone, raising more than $100,000 for the Free Care Fund at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh by donating tips from his business over the last two dozen years. Children's held a ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, to recognize Lexie's commitment to the patients of Children's. Physicians, nurses and other staff from the hospital, as well as friends from throughout western Pennsylvania, were on hand for the celebration. Following comments by Roger A. Oxendale, president and CEO of Children's, and Steven G. Docimo, MD, chief of Pediatric Urology -- both regular...

'Take your dead child with' 15/12/2005 22:30  - (SA)     Related Articles Patient neglect to be punished Child with broken arm 'ignored' 'No ambulances are available' Woman gives birth on floor Mom's horror hospital ordeal 'Staff eat patients' food' Poor conditions at Bara 'Neglect and abuse' at hospital Nurse slams Gauteng hospitals   Marietie Louw , Beeld  Polokwane - "Take your child's body with you when you go home." This was the shocking instruction a couple got when their baby boy died shortly after birth in the Mankweng hospital, about 30km from Polokwane. Andries Krugel said the hospital staff refused to...

Bystanders ignore plight of burning homeless man     Christine Wellstead, an emergency room nurse at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, stands near an alcove outside a Starbucks where she doused a homeless man whose comforter caught fire while he was sleeping. Photograph by : Ian Smith, CanWest News Service         Maurice Bridge, CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 VANCOUVER -- St. Paul's emergency nurse Christine Wellstead has seen some pretty rough things on the job, but nothing has shaken her as much as the callous indifference she witnessed Monday night as bystanders ignored...

This describes it typically, the "payback" of a 'Palestinian' patient, From Patient to Suicide Bomber When she's also using that sick excuse of the notorious Arab boy, which -- as turned out -- was only a "Palestinian" stunt & was in fact murdered by Arabs! - The Israeli Crime That Wasn’t) Video - Palestinian patient tried to blow up in the Israeli hospital where she was treated. "Palestinian" woman that wanted to blow up the very hospital was treated in. SUICIDE BOMBER WANNABE: Wafa al-Biri, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, attempted to kill the doctor who had saved her life. But...

My Dragon Fly and Me If I could be a Dragon Fly and wing my way through the sky I would never be shy just me and my Dragon Fly! By moonlight we ride the wind chase the comets tail for fun by day we would hide from the sun our fragile wings would come undone On darkest nights we would use fireflies as our guide we would dip and we would glide through the heavens open wide and scatter diamonds in the night sky my Dragon Fly and me... And we would wing past our lovers silent in...

BREAKING NEWS Woman's £1m for docs By DAVE MASTERS Sun Online A WOMAN who was treated by a rude hospital doctor died - leaving more than £1million to a medical college to help improve students' bedside manners. New Yorker Ruth Hillebrand - who passed away ten years ago - wanted the cash to go to the school in Ohio, in the US.She felt practitioners needed to learn how to deal with patients better after being told she had cancer by her doctor over the phone who then hung up.The donation from her trust - revealed last week - was the biggest in the history...

West Virginia University's Random Acts of Kindness Week urges students to be friendly to people of all different races, religions and backgrounds - including people from other states. Many New Jersey residents attend WVU, which may result in certain stereotypes. "West Virginia students sometimes claim that students from New Jersey are rude and patronizing," said Dr. Neil Berch, WVU political science professor and former New Jersey resident. For some, this may be the case. "I do find the majority of people from Jersey are louder and rude," said Jenny Baker, Bunker Hill, W.Va., resident. Not all students feel negatively toward...

When I saw this post on another thread, I was overwhelmed. We have a FReeper from South Korea who is alive today because of the kindness of our military during the Korean War. THE ORIGINAL POST. Strutt9 joined us on Nov. 4, 2004. Here is the story. She was responding to a Vietnam vet FReeper who, like his comrades who honorably served, was trashed by the political left for his service. Have Kleenex handy. ================================================ From the bottom of my heart, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. If it was not for the American soldiers compassion and kindness,...

Rob Biron has seen some sad sights on the floor of the trauma ward at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He has also seen acts of bravery and kindness.

NewsFlash Home | More Washington State News   Couple requests prepaid calling cards — for soldiers in Iraq 11/7/2004, 3:28 p.m. PT The Associated Press     PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — Local newlyweds made an unusual wedding-gift request: They wanted prepaid international telephone calling cards.Tony Clayton and Jeana Johnson-Clayton are sending the nearly 60 cards they received to U.S. military personnel in Iraq, so the troops can call home during the holidays.The bride's son, Chris Johnson, is serving in the Marine Corps and will be deployed early next year, she said."We thought about our friends who have sons...

NEIL JONES JERREL BOLTON CHEVROLET WEST TX. 1-800-460-5377 www.boltonchevrolet.com Hello Everyone. I just wanted to pass this information along to each of you so you know what a truly compassionate and caring man we have in President Bush.

It's pretty hard for Americans to get visas to visit Iran. My friend Mohammad had his scientific institute invite me to give a talk, which made it possible for me to go. Due in part to my own errors and in part to inadequate directions from the Iranian consular people, my visa was delayed. I got it less than 20 hours before my flight. The main reason for my trip was to visit my friend Mohammad, who is from Iran but who went to college and grad school in the U.S. Here he is in the mountains south of the...

Gifts for theft victim roll in BY MARY JANE SHORT AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Robert McDonald will soon have a new set of wheels and more, thanks to an outpouring of generosity from people as far away as New Mexico who wanted to see his independence restored. McDonald's special three-wheeled bicycle, which he used for tasks such as hauling clothes to the laundry, was stolen last week from his back porch. See Fox Footage JIM WATKINS * AVALANCHE JOURNAL Radio station Fox Talk 950 raised $ 1501.00 Monday to replace a '98 Huffy bike stolen from a Goodwill Industries employee and dystonia patient...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq - On a sunny morning earlier this month, Ray LeMoine and Jeff Neumann borrowed a shiny white GMC pickup from an Army sergeant and took a windows-down drive around the Green Zone, the complex that houses American civilian and military authorities in Baghdad.</p>

Military wife gets $500 gift of kindness from stranger By Lisa Heyamoto Seattle Times Eastside bureau DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES After a casual conversation with a man in line at the Woodinville Post Office, in which Karin Santos mentioned her husband serving in Iraq, the man presented her with a wad of cash in the parking lot. E-mail this article Print this article Search archive It was in the post-office parking lot, of all places, where Karin Santos rediscovered her faith in humanity. It had been an emotional few months. Her husband Alberto had left for Iraq in...

A Liberal and a Conservative were walking down the street together. They came up upon a homeless man. The homeless man asked, "Can you help out a fellow that's down on his luck?" The Conservative reached into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and handed it and a business card to the man and said, "Here you go. You may want to call the number on the card because, they may have a job for you if you're interested." The man thanked him. As the Liberal and Conservative continued their walk, they came upon another homeless man. The homeless...

<p>ZUBAYDIYAH, IRAQ - Not all the contacts between Americans and Iraqis on the front lines along the Tigris River yesterday took place at the point of a gun.</p> <p>Along the eastern bank of the river, tanks and infantry moved from the city of Kut toward Baghdad to the northwest, sweeping towns and villages looking for elements of Iraq's Republican Guard. They met pockets of resistance and drew mortar fire from inside some of the towns. Plumes of black smoke could be seen as the tanks returned fire.</p>

The Difference between US and Them US: In 1994, The Green family with legal and valid passports and visas were on vacation in Italy. 7-year-old Nicholas Green of Bodega Bay, California, was with his parents and sister when the family was set upon by robbers. Shots were fired and young Nicholas was mortally wounded. For two days Nicholas lay in a hospital while the entire nation of Italy watched, waited and prayed. Nicholas did not live, but from the depths of this terrible tragedy came an act of goodness that touched not only all of Italy, but also Nicholas' fellow...

Imitating the Holy FamilyFour Traits that Make It PossibleBy Jeff SmithLike many parents, every day my wife and I face real and challenging issues in our family. We have two teenage sons and three younger children. Like many families, our children fight and bicker. Sometimes they are loving and kind, but at other times they are disrespectful. Sometimes they resist doing chores and homework.In addition to these very common problems with our children, my wife and I have to balance work and family life, make educational decisions for our kids, track our finances, and work through marital disagreements. This is...

The Richest Man in Town The small, every-day things make a Wonderful Life. William E. Saracino William E. Saracino is a member of California Political Review’s editorial board. This being my last column before Christmas, I invoke a point of personal privilege, opting out of my usual political ponderings to offer thoughts more apropos of the season. You don’t have to know me very well to discover that I think It’s A Wonderful Life is perhaps the finest movie ever made. Oh, not judging on technical standards, though the movie is quite well done. Wonderful Life is a great movie...

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVENHis Kindness to Mephibosheth2 Samuel 9 2 Samuel 9 presents to us one of the loveliest scenes in the life of David. To appreciate it properly we need to recall his earlier experiences, particularly the unkind treatment he received from the hands of Saul. We will only refer briefly now to the jealousy which was awakened in that king’s heart when he heard the women celebrating in song the victory of Jesse’s youthful son over Goliath. How that later he sought to kill David again and again by throwing a javelin at him. Finally, how that David had...

  -- explore the new feminism -- introduction | interaction | information find:     ifeminists.com > introduction > editorials   Compassion, Kindness Killed by Fear, Paranoia December 17, 2002 by Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com Terrorists hope to destroy the social fabric of the West by instilling a paranoia into our lives that makes us turn against each other. It is working. A new fortress mentality is being stoked by a media that dwells incessantly on every terrorist possibility, on every awful news story from anthrax to Catholic sex scandals. And so, we begin to view each stranger as a threat and...

Every year, for about the past thirty years, something very remarkable happens in the town of Walton, Kentucky. On a weekend, the "Good Guys" of Northern Kentucky meet together to load up all their pickup trucks with large barrels of goodies.The Good Guys Club is a private organization of volunteers joined together with no other intent than to provide whatever aid is needed for those in the area finding themselves on temporary hard times. These temporary hard times could be work lay-off, illness, a temporary change in family status for whatever reason, or any number of reasons.So, when a young...

<p>In an age when arrogance and "Sharpie" pens steal the national spotlight, it is often the smallest, most unnoticed acts of kindness that remind us that football is merely a game.</p> <p>The story, which is destined to become legendary in Southern Ohio circles, starts in Waverly. Northwest football coach Dave Frantz and Tigers’ coach Derek DeWitt shared a conversation the week leading up to the game.</p>

<p>In an age when arrogance and "Sharpie" pens steal the national spotlight, it is often the smallest, most unnoticed acts of kindness that remind us that football is merely a game.</p> <p>The story, which is destined to become legendary in Southern Ohio circles, starts in Waverly.</p>

<p>In an age when arrogance and "Sharpie" pens steal the national spotlight, it is often the smallest, most unnoticed acts of kindness that remind us that football is merely a game.</p> <p>The story, which is destined to become legendary in Southern Ohio circles, starts in Waverly.</p>

ANIMAL RIGHTS CAN'T REPLACE HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY By Brent Morrison-Style Columnist"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' " - Genesis 1:26 As I type these words there are three formerly homeless kittens sleeping in the safety of my enclosed porch. They are there because my wife plucked them from the trees of an orchard we pass on our evening walks, apparently abandoned...

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