Youth is indeed a fleeting moment in one’s lifetime. One day you’re bounding up a flight of stairs, the next you’re walking slowly with perhaps the aid of a cane. Such is the cycle of life. However, if you’re someone like wheelchair-bound 95 year old vacationer Dottie Schneider, who still enjoys the sun and the surf, however, cannot get to the beach because of your limitations, what can you do? That’s the dilemma that faced daughter Kimberly Waterbury, from Chandler, Indiana, when she decided to take her mother with her on vacation this October to Orange Beach on the Gulf…
Author: Robert Amoroso
When Keri Courtwright clocked into her shift on Monday as the night time janitor at Syracuse University, little did she realize that her actions would inspire others to take a stand against bigotry. The 35 year old New York resident had been cleaning up graffiti at the university as the night janitor for nearly 13 years. However, when she was approached by one of the university staff members before beginning her shift to clean up some extremely vile racist graffiti, she knew that this was more than just innocuousness scribble on a bathroom wall by immature college-aged students. Armed with…
For many, performing a kind or courteous action might involve a simple act of allowing another shopper with just a few items to get ahead of us at the checkout line. Or perhaps we may pause a moment and hold a door open for an elderly couple attempting to enter an establishment. Random acts of kindness that most good-hearted individuals may perform in a day, do so without giving them much thought. In most instances it costs very little for us to allow a shopper to get ahead of us at a checkout counter, or to hold a door open…
Meet one of God’s miracles children, 11-year old Virsaviya Borun-Goncharova, born with an extremely rare condition called Pentalogy of Cantrell that affects one in a million newborns annually. The condition usually causes the rib cage along with the infant’s abdominal muscles not to form properly during pregnancy. This causes the heart muscle to develop outside the chest cavity, protected with nothing more than a thin layer of skin minus a chest bone. However, that hasn’t stopped little Virsaviya from living life to its fullest despite the incredible daily challenges that confront both mother and daughter. https://twitter.com/KateriBaranows1/status/1011429142217281536?s=20 When Virsaviya’s mother Dari…
During an emotional sit-down with Fox host Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation, Academy Award winner/nominee and political activist Actor Jon Voight shared the moment he encountered God. The legendary actor best known for such iconic movies as Coming Home (1978), Midnight Cowboy (1969), and Runaway Train (1985), described how fame and fortune in Hollywood almost destroyed his life. The 82-year old actor revealed how the lure of stardom along with his constant infidelity ended his marriage and damaged his relationship with his estranged children (actors Angelina Jolie and James Haven). Voight, a staunch conservative and political activist, steered clear of…
Most of us will never feel the pain of losing a child to a dreaded disease. We assume that the natural order within the universe decrees that a parent should not outlive their 4-year old child. Although, small in number children die before their time every day! That stark reality became Erin and Matt Tietjen’s nightmare when they were told that their beautiful 4-year old daughter Lena would never see her 5th birthday. Even more freighting was the fact that their daughter wasn’t born with a debilitating birth defect, nor that there was any indication that anything was wrong. Little…
No doubt, this is truly a love story that rivals the best that Hollywood has to offer. The setting war-torn Europe, days after Nazi Germany surrounded unconditionally to the allies, in May of 1945, amid celebrations in Washington, London, Moscow, and Paris proclaiming Victory in Europe (V-E Day). The war had finally come to an end, and the monumental task of rebuilding Europe involving all of the allies would begin soon after. Boris Kozlov, a young 20-year old intelligence officer in the Red Army, and an avid member and supporter of the Young Communist Party, had just encountered a young…
Regardless of what we hear on progressive news channels dedicated police officers around the country selflessly go above and beyond the call of duty, committing random acts of kindness daily. Most of the time, these random acts of kindness are seldom acknowledged except for those grateful seniors who were fortunate enough to encounter a stranger in uniform coming to their aid in a time of need. I’ve taken the liberty of selecting three of those selfless acts by police officers; however I could have chosen thousands. Off-duty Police Officer Rafael Rodriguez had just finished an 8-hour shift and was heading…
Acclaimed pianist/composer and former music teacher Paul Harvey became well known to classical music lovers all over Europe and especially in England. During the mid 60’s having appeared on stage and in concert halls performing both on radio and on the BBC. However, after his son was born Harvey decided to give up the limelight for a more sedate and structured lifestyle, becoming a music teacher and spending over 20 years teaching at the Imberhorne School in Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The renowned school boasts such notables as English musician, producer and songwriter Nick Van Eede, best known for his…
Monyay Paskalides knew from the moment she was old enough to realize that with each passing year in foster care the odds of her being adopted into a loving family became less and less likely. She noticed as she grew older there were fewer and fewer moments where she would interact with potential foster parents. Until one day, there were no more moments. Despite the fact she was bright, well mannered, and polite. And although the foster care system provided Monyay with those all important essentials, food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and education, it couldn’t provide what every child truly needs…
Bryant Collins had served 10-years in a federal prison for drug dealing, while serving his sentence the Georgia native had promised himself that once he became a free man again he would turn his life around. He promised to never again sell cocaine or any illegal drug ever again. Little did he know at the time that God also had plans for the former ex-con. Collins had kept his promise to stay clean for nearly 5-years working as a skilled auto mechanic. On this particular day Collins was in his truck on busy interstate Highway 72 driving southbound, when something…
Is the glass half empty or half full? That question is usually reserved for where we are in life. For some, being grateful for what God has given us is more than enough. However, for others God’s generosity is simply never enough. Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps was one of those gifted and rare athletes that God had generosity bestowed upon him an amazing and illustrious career that few athletes could ever dream of. The 36-year old athlete nicknamed “The Baltimore Bullet” had already achieved legendary status before he was 25 years old, as the most successful and most decorated Olympian…
The iconic slogan, “The Few…The Proud…The Marines” along with a brief video clip made its debut in 1977 as a recruiting tagline, enticing young men into becoming United States Marines. On September 16th 2021, that iconic slogan once again proved true as a busload of America’s finest once again answered the call to “protect and serve”. A sudden deluge of rain turned the streets of our nation’s capitol within minutes into a dangerous swirling river of knee-deep water. The surprise flash-flood suddenly engulfed everything within its path, stranding dozens of motorists within their cars. One of those frightened motorists was…
We’ve all heard countless tales of near death experiences, of going to heaven and feeling the loving glow of a bright light embracing those individuals. In some instances those same individuals are suspended between life and death. Perhaps they’re witnessing their own lifeless body being worked on by first responders or doctors within a hospital setting attempting to save their life. Sometimes seeing dearly departed loved ones, or in some instances hearing the unmistakable voice of God, proclaiming that their journey is simply a prelude to what lies ahead for all human kind, instructing that individual that they must return…
How many times have we read on social media or seen on the evening news a story about someone lifting a 3,000 pound automobile single-handedly off of someone? Those incredible feats of strength have no doubt baffled doctors and scientists for decades, even giving the anomaly a clinical name: Hysterical Strength. Doctors have guessed that during a life-or-death situation the body triggers an over-abundance of adrenaline, which in turn can produce superhuman strength. However, that theory has thus far not been scientifically proven. This leads us to another probable conclusion: Angels. Or to be more precise, our own guardian angels…
How many times have we witnessed, especially within large urban cities, those faceless homeless souls hunched in doorways, perhaps sleeping inside a cardboard box covered in newspapers for installation against the cold or sitting on a steam heated grating for warmth, against bone chilling freezing temperatures. Most simply look past the shivering individual in the doorway, never making eye-contact, while a few may actually stop a moment and drop a few coins on the pavement, next to the homeless individual as their “good deed” for the day, and quickly move on. And then there are individuals like Johny Hindle, who…
It’s not very often that an “A-List” Christian celebrity has the courage of his convictions, to speak openly and more importantly unafraid, about his faith, especially within progressive Hollywood, where such an open and profound declaration can have far reaching consequences towards one’s career. However if you’re a 9-time Academy Award nominee, having won two of those golden statuettes for Best Actor, along with numerous other awards, including three Golden Globes, along with being nominated for both the Grammies and Tony Awards, then there’s little likelihood even in far-left “tinsel-town” that iconic actor Denzel Washington would be looking for an…
Was it a miracle from heaven or simply a heartwarming and lovely dream from a sickly little girl’s near death experience? The answer to that question for those of us who believe that miracles are indeed real, already know the answer to that question, especially from children like little Annabel Beam, who’s near death experience gained worldwide attention. In 2011 young Annabel fell off a huge limb from a massive cottonwood tree, landing head first upside-down, inside the hollowed-out trunk of the tree. The 30 foot near-fatal fall rendered little Annabel unconscious, and fighting for her life. That horrific moment,…
Most of us lead extremely busy lives, whether we’re rushing off to work or juggling a ton of family and civic responsibilities. Perhaps we’re the young mom tasked with taking the kids to daycare, doing the weekly shopping, 0r taking care of an elderly parent. Perhaps we’re the dad working late at the office, coaching his young children at Little League, or perhaps taking them to weekend soccer practice. Moreover, attempting to fit all of those commitments within a 24-hour day and then waking up the next morning and doing it all over again… it’s enough to exhaust the heartiest…
Thank goodness many of us will never experience a life-altering disability, or for that matter have been born into this world disabled. Unable to do simple everyday tasks that we take for granted. Little things like tying our shoelaces, getting a drink of water, or turning on the TV. Yet that’s the world Daniel Ritchie was born into, disabled and without arms. Think about that for a moment and what it must take to overcome such a disability. However, if your lucky enough to hear Pastor Ritchie recount his personal life’s journey and his powerful testimony of how God came…