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Thank Someone Today
"Thanksgiving" cards are great. What an appropriate time to sit down and think of a number of people who have given us something, or...
Mar 30, 2018
How Can I Show Up?
You've heard me frequently repeat one of my fundamental beliefs: that 90% of Helping Is Just Showing Up. Let's explore that concept more...
Mar 23, 2018
Being Kind to Yourself
We’ve been considering the role of kindness in our lives. Our Care and Kindness Campaign seeks to raise people’s awareness of how...
Mar 16, 2018
What is Your Kindness Quotient?
How kind are you? What is your kindness quotient? There are various tests you may have taken — an I.Q. test (intelligence quotient),...
Mar 9, 2018
Listening Has Healing Power
I have good news for you! YOU can do something to heal people, just as Jesus did! Can you imagine the scene? In the book of Mark, the...
Mar 2, 2018
Your Presence Is So Important
I beg you to take total ownership of every room you sit in, or enter. I beg you to take leadership in noticing who is there and...
Feb 23, 2018
More Things I Forgot!
I Wish I Had Remembered When she was crying over her sudden loss, I hesitated to ask her questions about how it happened. I forgot she...
Feb 16, 2018
I Forgot!
Things I Forgot When My Friend Was Hurting I forgot that when her crisis occurred, she needed someone right away, not hours or days...
Feb 9, 2018
Accept and Support People
Here are the final two suggestions from my 'thirteen secrets'. Remember, however, that these ‘Secret Behaviors’ are not truly secret —...
Feb 2, 2018
Focus On People
You're getting the idea. Acts of kindness are those things you do INTENTIONALLY. The kind and friendly things you easily do in response...
Jan 26, 2018
More Simple, Kind Ideas
I'm still intent on convincing you that the beauty of acts of kindness are their simplicity. The power of acts of kindness is that such...
Jan 12, 2018
Can You Believe It's So Simple?
Yes! It is so simple — so simple that we don't realize the impact of doing these things. People all around us are hungry for a touch of...
Jan 5, 2018
A New Years Resolution: You Can Change The World
It doesn’t require wealth, talent, or a huge investment of time. Right now, you, with your current limitations and abilities, have...
Dec 29, 2017
Have Fun At Christmas
At this time each year we give much attention Christmas shopping. I think this something we should enjoy doing. Some folks, however, have...
Dec 22, 2017
More Acts of Care and Kindness
#1. I had just led the funeral of a dear woman. We were invited by her husband, Dave Cook, to come to their house after the general...
Dec 15, 2017
Special Acts of Care and Kindness
Our Care and Kindness Campaign is to urge people to make INTENTIONAL acts of kindness part of their life-style. Everyone is familiar with...
Dec 8, 2017
Understanding Our Influence Through Prayer
I visualize the shape of prayer like an enormous triangle. Looking at the triangle, I imagine the top—the peak—is God. The left bottom...
Dec 1, 2017
When you are listening to someone . . .
I have been thinking about the unity of several messages that each supports the others. Recently, Bobby Schuller (Hour or Power, Crystal...
Nov 24, 2017
Love Is Not A Feeling
The directions we have from the Bible is that we are to "love one another". Though there is no definition of what that means or who that...
Nov 17, 2017
Prayer Sold the House
When we moved from Iowa City to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1969, we bought our first house. It was a pleasant three bedroom home with a...
Nov 10, 2017
This is Thanks-giving Month
(START A GRATITUDE JOURNAL) Much is now known about the benefits of practicing intentional thankfulness. It isn't just a high-level...
Nov 3, 2017
People Need People
Is it possible to be a whole person without relationships with others? Probably not, if we take seriously the Bible's creation story....
Oct 27, 2017
Small and Simple May Be Plenty
Did you know that a kind word spoken in someone's ear changes their body chemistry in a measurable and positive way? A kind word is a...
Oct 13, 2017
Happiness Is Possible
Happiness is a manageable goal. That is, we are not born with and or without it. Certainly, expanding happiness is not the same for...
Oct 6, 2017
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