An example of American secular values, but encouraging nevertheless. We can all use some heroes, and these choices are, for the most part, good role models. I especially liked the story about the mechanic who refused to charge a customer for the time the mechanic spent investigating and deciding that he couldn’t fix the car. Now that’s an everyday hero!

Of course, the billboards don’t tell what many of these heroes would acknowledge: the power to do good and to live courageously comes from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Even those heroes who are not Christians are sustained and strengthened by the hand of God, whether they know it or not.