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I recently saw an interesting ethical dilemma involving two different people who helped a homeless person in vastly different ways.

Have you heard the story of the charity with a donation policy that stipulates it'll only take donations from believers?

If you have a landline, you're probably very relieved now that the political conventions are over...but the calls will still come until November.

A recent Buzzfeed video depicts questions Christians would like to ask other questions. Among them is a question about the real meaning of ministry. The video asks a variety of questions, some tongue-in-cheek, like, “Do you really think He’s freaking out because His name is not on a cup you...

The MDA Telethon, an annual Labor Day event for decades and hosted by Jerry Lewis for most of its run, has been officially canceled. The MDA Telethon is no more. The national annual event, which premiered in 1966, actually began in the 1950s when comedian Jerry Lewis would host a...

When a restaurant owner realized a dumpster diver was eating discarded food, she posted a sign at her front door. Why can’t more people be like this? When an Oklahoma sandwich shop owner found signs that someone had gone into a dumpster behind her businesses, opened a trash bag and...

A charity’s slogan about “the greatest casualty” makes me want to change the channel before I have to hear it again! There’s an important charity that helps American troops who have suffered injuries while serving the country and face seemingly insurmountable odds. Needless to say, such a charity shouldn’t be...

All this week, I'm highlighting the year's top posts in my key categories on the days those categories are most likely to be featured, and today I present my Top 10 Media Posts of 2013. Thursday is the day for media and TV-related posts. I went back to Google Analytics...

It was a heart-warming story for a 5-year-old who battled Leukemia: a major American city, thanks to a slew of volunteers, helps him achieve a dream of saving the day as Batkid. A 5-year-old lived out a dream this week, donning a Batman costume to fight fictional villains in a...

If you’re on Facebook, you’ve surely seen a widely circulated photo of a homeless man with a scraggly gray beard billed as a pastor who went “undercover” in his own church. But despite evidence the homeless pastor photo is a fake, no one seems interested in fact-checking. When you work...

A manufacturer of Girl Scout cookies took heat last week following reports it destroyed thousands of boxes of the sweet treats that had been returned by the Scouts in California. The Scouts were refunded the purchase price of unsold cookies as is normal custom, but at certain locations, the returned...

I knew it would only be a matter of time, and I wasn’t disappointed: already I’ve seen a call for a “boycott” of Livestrong, the foundation set up by Lance Armstrong to raise support for people affected by cancer. That happened after Armstrong admitted to Oprah Winfrey that despite years...

Whatever happened to random acts of kindness? And when they do occur, why is it that they’re only really encouraged around the holidays? Don’t people deserve to be treated kindly all year round? After reading my post about a surprise gesture made to me at a local restaurant, and a...

The other day, I noticed in my Twitter stream that someone had complained to a local company that’s participating in a drive to help needy children get toys at Christmas. The complaint went something along the lines of this: “You need to change your philanthropy: children need food, clothes and...