The Prodical Comes Home

When Ted "The Voice" Williams reunited with his mother in a midtown Manhattan conference room, he ran to her and they embraced. She said, "My prodigal son has finally come home." Here's a video of the emotional moment. He reminds her that she always told him to pray and he tells her that he did.

How Faith helped uncover a 'golden voice'

You've probably heard about the Ted Williams story.. the homeless man with the great voice. Did you know that it was the Christian faith of a news producer that motivated him to shoot the video that went viral. Doral Chenoweth works for the Columbus Dispatch and spoke to reporters about why he stopped. "It's part of my faith. You may not be able to help someone with money, but you can at least say hello, how you doing, and look at them." His interest in the homeless started more than a decade ago when he was assigned to photograph a homeless ministry at New Life United Methodist Church in downtown Columbus.It lead him to join the church. He and his wife are regular Habitat for Humanity volunteers who have taken seven trips to Africa with their children.

Ted Williams' Mom: "God Has Answered My Prayer"

The homeless man with the amazing voice found begging on the side of an Interstate highway ramp says he was going to write "another year wasted" in a date planning books that someone gave him. But Ted Williams told interviewers it turned out to not be a wasted year because he "found God." Williams story went viral after a video of him showed up on YouTube (more than 3 million hits). Despite job offers and other gifts from well-wishers, Williams says his biggest wish was to be reunited with his 90 year old mother, whom he hasn't seen in more than a decade. He says, "One of my biggest prayers is that she would live long enough to see me rebound.." She told reporters "God has answered my prayer. I prayed that I would live to see this time when he would do well." Not only have the two been reunited, the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association called to offer Ted a job. Here's an emotional interview he had with CBS news.

Apple App Saves Filmmaker in Haiti

A filmmaker working for Compassion International survived the Haiti quake with the help of his iPhone. Dan Wooley was trapped under the rubble at his hotel for 65 hours before rescuers found him. He used information from an app he had downloaded to look up treatment of excessive bleeding and compound fracture. He then ripped his shirt to make a tourniquet for a gash in his leg and used a sock to stanch the bleeding from his head wound. Wooley also set his phone's alarm to go off every 20 minutes so he wouldn't fall asleep or go into shock. The quake hit shortly after he returned from a day of filming with a colleague who is still missing. In case he didn't make it, Wooley wrote notes to his wife and sons in Colorado Springs telling them, "Don't be upset at God. He always provides for his children, even in hard times. I'm still praying that God will get me out, but He may not. But He will always take care of you."

The Airport Chaplain

NPR offers a look at the ministry of Atlanta airport chaplain Chester Cook, who wanders the terminals looking for people who are in need of help.

Woman Returns Money

Lynita Regis returned more than a quarter of a million dollars that wound up in her bank account by mistake. The single mom in Washington is behind in her rent and says she was tempted but told reporters she's a "child of God and gotta do the right thing." The money belongs to King County where she once worked at the jail. Regis had been given access to the adult detention center account.

Teachers Gets Happy Surprise

A Nashville preschool teacher got a surprise at her door this week. Someone had put a bag on Jerri Hewlett’s porch. Inside was a Bible and her credit card bill which she used to pay for her college teaching certificate. The bill had gone to the wrong address. And the woman who got it decided to pay it off. Nearly $2500. Hewlett teaches at Nashville’s First Baptist Church.

Hunter Credits God for Rescue

A hunter from Grand Rapids, Michigan returned home to an emotional reunion after several desparte days, lost in the Colorado mountains. WOOD-TV says he's crediting God with sustaining and rescuing him.

Bible Saves Girl in Shooting

Charlotte Thompson was riding with her two great-granddaughters in Indianapolis when gunfire sent stray bullets into her car. The woman was uninjured but one of the girls was shot in the stomach. The 10-year-old survived because Thompson’s Bible and Sunday School book slowed the bullet. It came to a stopping in a watermelon they were carrying in the car.

Pilots' Answer to Prayer

Two pilots in New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a small airplane. After saying a prayer, they came across an airfield they did not know about until they saw it. The home-assembled plane came to a rest next to a 20-foot-tall sign that read Jesus is Lord. They started laughing and Associated Press quotes one of the pilots as saying, "My friend and I are both Christians so our immediate reaction in a life-threatening situation was to ask for God's help."

Father Makes Ultimate Sacrifice

The son of a Chicago pastor saved his daughter’s life by sacrificing his own. Joseph Richardson saw an out-of-control car approaching and quickly picked her up and held his daughter out of harm’s way. The 4-year-old was injured but survived. Richardson was pinned against an iron fence and killed. They were walking to a McDonald’s restaurant at the time. Police say the driver of the car was drunk and is charged (so far) with driving without a valid license or insurance. Richardson was church pianist and organist at Cottage Grove Baptist Church and the Greater Revelation Missionary Baptist Church where his father is pastor.

Honest Scout

John Robert Bouterse of Door, Michigan found a wallet in the parking lot of Open Door Reformed Church after an Easter egg hunt that contained more than $800. The 11-year-old returned it to the owner – despite the fact he had just lost his own wallet. The publicity around JR's honesty led to the return of his own wallet (containing about $30). State Police officers took up a collection to give him a reward, but Boy Scout asked that the money be used to pay for a pizza party for his troop.