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A Summer Morning, Broken Glass and the Bus Stop 

August 24, 2021 By Susan Caldwell 1 Comment

Summer mornings going to work, well, are pretty much the same as winter mornings but warmer—the getting in the car, turning on the ignition, adjusting my sunglasses in preparation for greeting the rising sun.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: kindness, strangers

How an Epidemic Changed Saint Nicholas

December 6, 2020 By Meaghan Brower 4 Comments

If I were writing this last year I don’t even think I would have paid any attention to this part of Nicholas’ story. I’m not sure the word would have registered in my brain. But this year? Hearing of a young boy losing both his parents to an uncontrolled illness was hard to ignore.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Feast Days, generosity, kindness, St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas Center

Leaping for Love

February 29, 2020 By Laura Shaver Leave a Comment

Our two older sons, ages 7 and 9, expressed some curiosity regarding Leap Year and this “extra day” it brings.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kindness, love, parenting, siblings, St. Paul

Reveal the Hope that is in You

January 13, 2020 By Genevieve Razim 2 Comments

“Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your […]

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: Bible, children, hope, kindness, Scripture

Poems, Prophecy, and Pockets

May 10, 2019 By Melody Wilson Shobe 2 Comments

A few weeks ago it was “Poem in Your Pocket Day” at my kindergartener’s school. This is a day when each student is asked to bring a poem to school to share with her classmates.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kindness, poetry, prophet, school

Cultivate Kindness

March 30, 2019 By Laura Shaver 6 Comments

My mom is a retired high school English teacher, and in her retirement, she works part-time at a well-established location of a pretty popular Texas-specific chain of market/gas station for highway travelers.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, kindness, parenting, strangers

Day 10: Comfort One Another

January 3, 2017 By Mary Ann Frishman Leave a Comment

Offering comfort to one another in difficulties mirrors the love God has for us.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: 12 days, Beatitudes, Blessing, comfort, community, Jesus, kindness, Neighbors

My cancer showed me the power of kindness.

December 22, 2016 By Raymond Capo 2 Comments

When I volunteered to donate a kidney, I wasn’t expecting a cancer diagnosis. I also wasn’t expecting such an outpouring of compassion.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, cancer, compassion, healing, health, kindness, T.S. Eliot

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