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Kindness at the Front Door
We can grow! Here is an example: the doorbell rang, and before I could move an inch, a knock at the door was added. That irritated me,...
May 26, 2017
Positive Proof About Prayer
Finally, someone did some 'care'-ful scientific research on prayer. Milton A. Drake, Jr., M.D., wrote a summary of the study, Positive...
May 19, 2017
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; handle it alone. I do think it would...
May 12, 2017
A Soft Answer Does Turn Away Wrath
It's reassuring to doubters, such as I, to find science reinforcing Biblical ideas. Here's a new development I read about in a magazine:...
May 5, 2017
Thank Someone This Week
I think it would be a good idea if someone promoted "Thanksgiving" cards. No doubt Hallmark is trying but people don't buy the idea...
Apr 21, 2017
Easter Means Life; Easter Shows Love
One short sentence, spoken by Jesus, is occupying my heart and mind. Jesus said this on the cross in the middle of his unspeakable pain....
Apr 14, 2017
That's Phony!
"I couldn't put my arm around her and hug her if I wasn't feeling like it. That would be phony." 'If it's phony you shouldn't do it', is...
Apr 7, 2017
Keep an Open Mind That You Can Close
In the small town of Cordova in northern California, a Roman Catholic Church one day became the center of some excitement. A glowing...
Mar 17, 2017
Being a Blessing to Little People
I tried to speak to some of my childhood heroes and heroines, now, after forty-five to fifty years. I tried to tell them how much they...
Mar 10, 2017
Big People Mean a Lot to Little People
A few days ago, I met several people who had important influences on my life. None had any idea that they had played a valued role in my...
Mar 3, 2017
Acts of (un)Kindness Stick
We speak of how an act of kindness sticks in our memory. But . . . acts of unkindness also stick. A writer tells of going down a lane...
Feb 24, 2017
Terrible Circumstances
Annie Dillard, a Christian writer, says this: God is no more blinding people with glaucoma or testing them with diabetes or purifying...
Feb 17, 2017
You Can Affect the Health of Others
Last week, I waxed eloquently (click here) (I hope you thought so!) on the benefit to your own health from smiling. But the other half of...
Feb 10, 2017
A Simple Action to Improve Your Health
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...
Feb 4, 2017
Thoughts Generate Chemicals
An Olympic Athlete Trainer says this: There are four negative feelings or thoughts that produce toxic chemicals in the brain. They are...
Jan 27, 2017
The Truth about Kindness
Kindness is a very homely virtue. This is using the word 'homely' in the British sense of belonging to the home—a very commonplace,...
Jan 20, 2017
Hopeful vs Hopeless
DISABILITY BUILDS FAITH Popular opinion holds that a disabling life event is likely to destroy a person's faith. A research project...
Jan 13, 2017
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...
Jan 7, 2017
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