Inspiration Report

Audrina Cardenas was born with one third of her heart outside of her body, and wasn’t expected to live past the first three days of life. Doctors in Texas miraculously saved her life by creating custom protective plates to put outside her chest and then inserting her heart back inside her tiny body. While most…

Lynsi Snyder had an incredible relationship with her father when she was growing up, but her world was broken in shattered when she lost him due to drugs. The divorce was terrible enough, but once her father actually passed Lynsi began to lash out. She found solice in drugs, alcohol and men. She knew she…

Imagine this: you are at a vending machine, but instead of buying a snack for yourself, you get to buy a pair of shoes for a person in need or a polio vaccine for child in a third-world country. With the #LightTheWorld Giving Machines, you’re doing just that. Giving Machines are an incredible way to…

Two rival high school football players bonded in a moment only God could have facilitated – through prayer on the field. Texas high school football players Gage Smith and Ty Jordan were pictured kneeling down together in prayer following the game between Sherman and Mesquite High – their respective schools. “It was meant for just…

Deputy Sheriff lost his life in a work-related traffic accident in 2014, leaving behind his 8-month-old daughter, Taliya. For the little girl’s 3rd birthday, a photo shoot was set up where Taliya could honor her fallen father. Mary Lee, a photographer based in Georgia, captured images of the young girl wearing her father’s uniform while…

We have angels that live among us that do acts of kindness for our communities, and one of those angels is real estate agent Andrew Levy. Over 400 Palm Beach County students in need were able to have their lunch debt paid off this week through his generous donation, which all started after he saw…

Over 6,000 families are waking up to a fresh start, because of the help from an Indiana church. Northview Church announced that it is paying off $7.8 million worth of medical debt for ten central Indiana communities. The church says their original goal when they began the project in June was to hit $2 million…

Parents are usually proud of their children when they take their first steps, but for Lovely Johnson, it made her daughter her hero. The texas mother watched in awe recently as her 6-year-old daughter, Love, with cerebral palsy was able to take her first steps without any help. Love, who suffers from the congenital disorder…

Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn’t hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. Listen quietly for a…

The University of California, Los Angeles has announced a $20 million gift from alumnus Matthew C. Harris (’84) and his wife, Jennifer, to establish an institute dedicated to understanding kindness. The institute, which is housed in the division of social sciences, will support world-class research on kindness, create opportunities to translate that research into real-world…

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