The justice system is all about scales. They tip. They balance. They measure. They determine who is guilty. They weigh out the punishment. But they are often skewed toward retribution. Courts struggle ...

After recently traveling to Lesvos, Greece with Shepherd of the Valley I gained a new appreciation for refugees after meeting with several during the trip. Each day of the trip I was constantly ...

The facts about teens and their mental health are stark. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, 20 percent of teens ages 13 to 18 have a mental health condition; 11 percent have a mood ...

What are we really giving when we give? I met a man in his 20s who had gone through open-heart surgery to have one of the valves in his heart replaced. Within one week, doctors discovered the new ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. GORHAM – After a Compassion Towards Animals school assembly last week, ...

We think of compassion as being easy. But we seldom realize we have internal demons to address before true compassion is possible. For those not familiar, Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary V, for short) is the ...

When talk in the lecture hall finally settled on the bodies waiting upstairs, the rustling of paper bags filled with fast-food dinners ceased, and the students who had periodically dozed off be-came ...

The sixth-graders in Missy Klapperich's social studies classroom sat in a circle on Friday, trying to get their heads around poverty in Afghanistan. The circle had 30 chairs, and each student was ...