RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (WABC) -- An act of kindness is making its return in New Jersey, where dresses, jewelry and formal shoes are being donated for girls to wear at prom. The dresses are immaculate!

Giving grace. I’ve heard that word a lot over the past few years, especially in relation to the trouble COVID-19 has caused each of us. “Give grace.” From the context of the speaker, I know what the ...

At first glance, nothing about me stays the same. I navigate the world, absorbing its many lessons and transforming my perspective over and over again. But if you look closer, you’ll see one constant: ...

“Overwhelmed” came up most often. “Worried” and “stressed” were tied for second. “Trying” was the outlier. Those responses emerged last fall when one of us (Nicole) asked students to describe — in a ...

On Friday, March 13 of last year, schoolhouse doors closed across the United States in response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic caused the only lengthy, coast-to-coast disruption of ...

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. One of ...

I’ve often heard folks refer to the church as a business and I suppose that in many ways we are a business. We manage our staff like a business, interviewing candidates when a staff position is open, ...

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year is "vaccine"; for the Oxford English Dictionary, it's "vax." Those are solid choices – vaccines are a game-changer. But for a word nerd like me, there's not a lot ...

A. A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. Q. 575. Are these three things, namely: An outward or visible sign, the institution of that sign by Christ, and the giving of ...

In 2013, I began to write about healthy ways to cope with grief/loss. And in this Huffington Post piece, I wrote about giving yourself grace as a method for dealing with the weight of sorrow. The ...