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Mar 14
Disability Builds Faith
Popular opinion holds that a disabling life event is likely to destroy a person's faith. A research project studying 26 men and women who...
Feb 28
Everybody Is Dealing With Something
The amount of stress that everyone is feeling these days can be overwhelming without the right attitude and an antidote by way of our...
Feb 14
Why Do We Believe in Kindness?
Why are you kind to other people? Why do you do good deeds? Many of us grew up strongly believing that we were called to good behavior in...
Jan 31
How Tall Are You?
Here is an interesting experiment you can try. I have done this before groups of people, and the results are quite interesting. Stand,...
Jan 17
The Fifth Side Effect of Kindness
5) Kindness is Contagious When we’re kind, we inspire others to be kind, and studies show that it actually creates a ripple effect that...
Jan 3
The Fourth Side Effect
4) Kindness Improves Relationships This is one of the most obvious points. We all know that we like people who show us kindness. This is...
Dec 20, 2024
A Kindness Suggestion for Christmas Time
One night, at about 8:00, I stopped at a home, the residents of which were strangers to me. I rang the door bell and a man came to the...
Dec 6, 2024
Kindness Slows Aging
Aging on a biochemical level is a combination of many things, but two culprits that speed the process are Free Radicals and Inflammation...
Nov 22, 2024
Another Side Effect
My last posting began a series of sharings from Dr. David R. Hamilton, PhD,'s book , " The Five Side Effects of Kindness ", and today we...
Nov 8, 2024
The Side Effects off Kindness
When we think of side effects, the first thing that springs to mind are the side effects of drugs. But who’d have thought that kindness...
Oct 25, 2024
Teachable Moments
The kitty lay dead in the street when we woke up. Shocked and saddened, we prepared a burial spot in the backyard. Gently and reverently,...
Oct 11, 2024
Reflecting on Rejuvenation
I am older than I've ever been. In fact, I've never been this age before! So, I've been thinking that we begin to get older actually...
Sep 27, 2024
Friendliness Is So Much More Than A Feeling
When you meet someone, or merely pass a person on the sidewalk, a friendly greeting is called for-most of the time. You do not have to...
Sep 13, 2024
Do You Use This Word Too Much?
There is a word that we all commonly use, but today I want you to consider that perhaps you use it too often. The word is ' just ', I'm...
Aug 30, 2024
When You Are Listening . . .
I have been thinking about the unity of several messages that each supports the others. A minister recently spoke of the unfortunate...
Aug 16, 2024
How About the Word 'Kind'?
Today, I'd like to have you consider some thoughts with me. In my previous posting, I spoke of being kind. And of course, you know that...
Aug 2, 2024
Love Is Not A Feeling
It is accurate to call love "doing good". However . . . such behavior is not necessarily connected to feelings of affection, or...
Jul 19, 2024
You Can Affect the Health of Others
I waxed eloquently previously (I hope you thought so!) on the benefit to your own health from smiling. But the other half of this reality...
Jul 2, 2024
Smile Anyway
Smiling is important, I say. Does the Bible back me up on that? Actually, there are no words that give us a clue whether the Apostles or...
Jun 19, 2024
Hopeful vs Hopeless
Are you, like most people, unsure how to relate to a person in a wheelchair? I've been there! Like, do I acknowledge that they are...
Jun 6, 2024
Your Role in God’s Healing Touch
There is more to prayer than talking and crying out to Jesus. Often there is a hurting friend we are thinking of and concerned about when...
May 23, 2024
A Mild Earthquake Is Good For The Soul
Earthquakes can be more unsettling than tornadoes, floods, and fires, even though the damage in the latter is usually horrifying....
May 10, 2024
You Who Weep, Will Laugh
An ancient guru is reputed to have inquired of disheartened and dispirited people, those who were knowing no pleasure or joy in life,...
Apr 26, 2024
Just Walk With Me
I have a problem. I want to tell you about it. No . . . I really don't. I'd rather keep it to myself; I should handle it alone. I do...
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