Check Your Story at the Door
Note to my long-time readers: You've read my thoughts on this topic before, BUT . . . It is So important. It is a lesson that we...
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- Dec 28, 2019
Check Your Story At The Door
I was sitting outside the car wash waiting for my Buick to emerge. The guy next to me on the waiting bench reeked with sociability. "How...
- Dec 13, 2019
A Christmas Joke
In a small southern town, there was a Nativity Scene that showed that great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small...
- Nov 22, 2019
Don't Keep Everything Secret
"Rev., I want to tell you something, but you have to keep it confidential. We don't want anyone else to know this." "Sure Pete, you know...
- Nov 8, 2019
Acts of (un)Kindness Stick, Also
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...
- Oct 25, 2019
Terrible Circumstances
Annie Dillard, a Christian writer, says this: ''God is no more blinding people with glaucoma or testing them with diabetes or purifying...
- Oct 11, 2019
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...
- Sep 27, 2019
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,...
- Sep 17, 2019
Disability Builds Faith
Popular opinion holds that a disabling life event is likely to destroy a person's faith. If you are suffering from a disability or...
- Aug 30, 2019
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...
- Aug 13, 2019
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...
- Aug 2, 2019
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...
- Jul 12, 2019
Why Don’t People Believe Things the Right Way??
Admittedly, that’s a rather awkward title, but I’ve been thinking about how much wasted energy we spend worrying about how other people...
- Jun 28, 2019
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),...
- Jun 14, 2019
Listening is Kindness
In the book of Mark, the story is well-known of the woman who had been bleeding for many years—she reached through the crowd to touch the...
- May 24, 2019
Actions Are More Important Than Feelings
Good deeds can start in your head, as well as in your heart. However, if they stay in either your heart or your head, and don't lead...
- May 10, 2019
90 Seconds? . . . or More??
The whole point of what I am going to tell you is summarized in the words of the title above. Let me explain what I mean. I recently read...
- Apr 26, 2019
A Secret Behavior
A number of years ago I put together a list of twelve secret behaviors and we printed up some pamphlets that talked about each of them. I...
- Mar 29, 2019
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,...
- Mar 15, 2019
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...
- Mar 1, 2019
Reach Out and Touch Someone
Several years ago, many of you saw the powerful movie, The Passion of Christ. What a comfort-shattering experience that was!! The message...
- Feb 1, 2019
Friendliness is Not 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...
- Jan 18, 2019
The Role of Enthusiasm
I love that word enTHUSiasm. As you may know, the 'thus' in the middle comes from the Greek word Theos. Theos means 'God' in the Greek...
- Jan 4, 2019
A New List of Kindness Suggestions
Readers of my books and my blog postings are all familiar with my message that we can offer acts of kindness daily as we go about our...