[Davison shared his suggestion with Evans when she called him to propose some charity concerts, and she couldn't be happier with the idea.] We are beholden to that part of the country, ... We have to do something to keep the music alive.

In college I took a social psychology course, something I thought useful for a career in advertising. Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good. Apparently, Angel does.

Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.

While the word charity connotes a single act of giving, justice speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in a way that sustains rather than exploits the rest of creation.

I saw it was an official document. (I) couldn't imagine what Aidan would be summoned for -- couldn't believe it. He's five years old in kindergarten.

I'm not very disciplined. I stopped and I would start again, then stop,