Benny and Lisa Nolen: Putting Love Into Action

Benny and Lisa Nolen: Putting Love Into Action

Love is more than just a word — it’s an action. When expressed as such, it can manifest through helping others. This form of love transcends from just mere words to embodying a commitment to the well-being of those around us. When we lend a hand, offer support, or...
Lisa Wilcox: Faith, Love, and Cookies

Lisa Wilcox: Faith, Love, and Cookies

Lisa Wilcox walks through her welcoming kitchen and opens her stainless steel refrigerator to shelves packed with bricks of butter, gleaming in their golden wrappers, stacked four and five high. Dozens of egg cartons squeeze into any available nook, and there are more...
A Give-Back Boutique

A Give-Back Boutique

THE WOOD floor and brick walls of Iddy & Oscar’s hold a wide variety of items, from clothing to jewelry to bags and decor, but that is only the surface of Joy Pine’s give-back boutique. Underneath, Iddy & Oscar’s is a story of compassion, joy, and love, with a...
Matthew McPeak: Guardian on Campus

Matthew McPeak: Guardian on Campus

YOU’LL SEE him roaming the halls during class time. You can find him in the cafeteria at lunch, sitting with a group of students, getting the news of the day. He lends a hand whenever an instructor or faculty member needs one. He is also often one of the first on...
Jan Parker: The Most Honorable Thing in the World

Jan Parker: The Most Honorable Thing in the World

JOE’S (REAL name withheld for privacy) brain did not work. The man was unconscious. He had been that way for a while now in the trauma unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after suffering a serious injury, but this made no difference to Jan Parker. She read...