Two inspirational men this Sunday morning. The first is Michael Sam, the star college football player about to be drafted into professional football.  Michael is not only perhaps the best defensive players in college football and one of the toughest men you’ll ever see, but he’s had the courage to tell the world he is…

I was inspired by this 2 minute video on Youtube, and I think you will be too: Engage It’s meant for Valentine’s Day, but shouldn’t every day be Valentine’s Day? How do you plan to engage?

This video is going viral on Facebook, and I found it both moving and inspiring.  Clearly many of the people who appear here are volunteers with great love for animals and the willingness to work with them even when the outcome isn’t always a happy one.  Not only that, they took the time–and it must…

Sometimes inspiration comes in small doses, as small as a child who needs something and has no place to turn. Can you imagine wanting something as simple as a suit to go to a family member’s funeral or music lessons or supplies for school and not being able to have them because you are a…

Robin Emmons is a really cool and very inspirational young woman. When she discovered that her schizophrenic brother’s health was deteriorating due to a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables, she decided to plant her own garden — not only for her brother but for her community. Now she has 200 volunteers tending nine acres…

There are so many inspiring people all around us. Dale Beatty was serving in the National Guard in Northern Iraq when his vehicle hit a roadside mine.  He returned to the US after both of his legs were amputated, and yet he kept a positive attitude about his life. Following his recovery his church and…

In this new year I want to expand Sunday Inspiration to include stories of people who are courageous, compassionate, and generous. In the spirit of Goddesses Anonymous, I want to raise up and celebrate others as a way of raising up and celebrating that heroic part of ourselves. Here are Eight Inspiring Images from the…

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and…

For so the children come and so they have been coming. Always the same way they come, born of the seed of a man and a woman. No angels herald their beginnings. No prophets predict their future courses. No wise men see a star to show where to find the babe that will save humankind.…