Many of us know the story of the Good Samaritan from our Sunday school days, but the term has taken on a new meaning with the launch of the “GoodSAM” app. The app connects medically trained volunteers and first responders to close-by neighbors in distress. This allows for life-saving measures like CPR and defibrillation to […]

A few weeks back we asked The Ridge Church (in Columbus GA) to help us come up with some ideas for ways to Do Good in our community. We were thinking (and hoping) we would get 10-15 “projects” that we could all rally around in the coming weeks. What didn’t expect was SEVENTY FIVE (actually […]

Actually it was $18.98, and it forever changed my perspective on doing good. It all happened in a little restaurant in Waverly Hall, a small town in Southwest Georgia. This place is like many small town restaurants, with all you can eat meat and vegetables, served buffet style. The food is good, and the people […]

Have you ever felt prompted to do something for someone, but didn’t? You know, you see a hurried Mom in a grocery store drop her bag, but you were late so you kept going like you didn’t see it? Or, as you are pulling out of a parking lot as a sudden rain shower popped […]

So…this is a bit of a personal confession. This whole Good Works Project has been on my mind for years. The truth is that I think I’m a good guy. I’d like to think that others would tell you the same thing…that I’m the kind of guy who would give you the shirt off my […]

We have all heard it. Give a man a fish…you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish….you feed him for a lifetime. But what if that man is starving? What if he just needs a fish sandwich? That got us thinking. In one of only two miracles recorded in all four gospels, […]