03197 – Be Kind!

High School Students: Be kind in high school. Be kind. One day you will get to look at your current classmates at a class reunion. You will get to do business with them in your hometown or elsewhere. You will get to teach your former classmates’ children, or doctor...

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03136 – Be Kind to Somebody Today

I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. Any who, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. She’s lovably kooky. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she...

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03045 – The Presence of God

It's crazy how the presence of God can completely change your mood and attitude in an instant. One worship song, one whispered prayer, one Scripture verse can take you from the absolute worst mindset to a place of such peace and joy. There's nothing like the presence...

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02995 – The Discipline of Gratitude

In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is...

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02618 – War is Madness

War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It's hardly a civilized pursuit. It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.

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02286 – Diversity Among God’s People

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?------------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among...

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