A huge spiritual benefit is the idea that kindness breeds optimism. Optimism increases our sense of hope. We need hope to strengthen our faith. This optimism is experienced both by the doer of the ...

See a brief, inspiring list of virtues that believers can cultivate in themselves and their communities to help religious ...

Despite their ordeal, Charles and Angela Marsalis and their sons never lost faith — in God or New Orleans. In fact, the storm ...