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April 2018

April 07, 2018

Grace is Dark Matter

It's everywhere, but you seldom see or hear about it:

March 2017

March 11, 2017

I always love these stories

...of when a community rallies around a citizen--in this case an elderly man who got...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Small acts of unheralded grace…

...are what make the world go.  This is where God spends the vast majority of...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Couple Fosters 31 drug-addicted infants in 20 years

Grace is dark matter and saints are hidden everywhere.

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Here’s a Beautiful Story…

...that makes me love my Home Town.

July 02, 2015

Rising Tide Car Wash

...employs only people with autism: You can check out their website here.

September 2014

September 05, 2014

Grace is Dark Matter

Newfoundland woman offers free room for sick travellers.  One of the millions of tiny acts of...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Good Cops Help Out Needy Family

More like these guys! Well done, officers!

July 17, 2014

Obscure Heroes

Nicholas Winton: The man who saved children from Hitler The CBC's Joe Schlesinger, who files...

July 03, 2014

A Beautiful Story

People can be so wonderful. Thanks be to God for the ones in this story.

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Inspiring

Chris Koch is from Nanton Alberta. He spends his spring, summer and fall working on...

June 06, 2014

Cancer-Stricken Mom Gives Up Eye…

...to save her baby. God love her. As heroic as anything that happened at Normandy....

May 2014

May 13, 2014

But Who Is My Neighbor?

A certain man with no shoes was riding on a bus in Canada, so a...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

A Beautiful 70 Year Love Story

...ends with bittersweet beauty.  God grant them eternity to love more deeply still.  It is...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

Grace is Dark Matter

Woman who brings bannock to hungry marks 1 year anniversary Winnipeg’s ‘Bannock Lady’ still giving...

February 07, 2014

In quiet little ways, grace proceeds

Saskatoon's (Bishop) Bolen makes history preaching to Evangelicals

November 2013

November 25, 2013

People Being Decent and Good

...often gets overlooked, but it the dark matter of grace that keeps civilization going: Young...

November 23, 2013

What Most of Human Life is Like

Disabled man gets birthday scooter from coffee buddy Most of human existence consists of millions...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

Grace is Dark Matter

Most of life consists of small and hidden acts of simple decency, kindness and love--like...

October 02, 2013

Grace is Dark Matter

Disabled breakdancing champ teaches disabled kids to dance It's things like this where most of...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

God Bless Antoinette Tuff!

The world is full of ordinary heroes and saints who nobody ever hears about.  Grace...

June 2013

June 01, 2013

The most uncovered story of our time…

is the news that most of the news is actually good news but that this...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

Amazing Grace

A reader writes from the pro-life trenches: One day [while protesting in front of a...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

In Heaven…

this man, who gave $200,000 in shoeshine tips to kids in need will be household...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Grace is Dark Matter

Here's a story about a guy you've never heard of who has quietly helped hold...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Grace is Dark Matter

Things like this happen every day.  But they don't sell much beer and shampoo, so...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Grace is Dark Matter

It makes up most of the universe and we almost never see it talked about...

May 04, 2012

Grace, Beauty and Joy are Dark Matter

They are real and make up huge portions of reality, but are typically hidden, since...

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