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Jun 23, 2017

I'm Still Reminding You

I reminded you in our last commentary that inviting people to share their joys was a task you should give attention to. Most people are...

Jun 17, 2017

A Needed Reminder

I call this a needed reminder because I see it as a behavior we constantly need to keep working on. At first glance it seems obvious, but...

Jun 10, 2017

It's Easier To Live By Faith If You've Had A Good Night's Sleep

Sometimes cutting short your sleep to commune with God may undermine your ability to live close to God. A tired person is more vulnerable...

Jun 3, 2017

The Gift of Tears

Jerry Bronsma told how he once shared a painful emotional wound with a friend. "She began to cry as I shared", he said with amazement....

May 27, 2017

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 20, 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 13, 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 6, 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:...

Apr 22, 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 15, 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 8, 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...

Mar 18, 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 11, 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 4, 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...

Feb 25, 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 18, 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 11, 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 5, 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...

Jan 28, 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 21, 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 14, 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 8, 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...

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