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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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