Do you give “The Look”

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Child abuse or should I say the prevention of – is a passion of mine. Picture this. You are at the grocery store, target, mall- some public place… when a child is acting out. You can see the anxiety of that parent rising. They may lash out at their child who is misbehaving, and maybe

Virtue: Kindness

Kindness

The list is long for us to choose from on ways we can perform random acts of kindness towards others. The boys slept in this morning, so we were running late — our conversation about today’s virtue didn’t happen over breakfast but as they were flying out the door when I was dropping them off

Love is Patient, Love is Kind

Love

L O V E <— how are you doing with this in your life…loving? Each week in February I’m going to talk about… L O V E I know it’s a little “cliche”  to be talking about this in the month of February, but stick with me as I unpack the most commonly sited scripture

Daily KIP: accommodating, amiable, attentive, benevolent, big, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, compassionate, concerned, discreet, forbearing, generous, kind, magnanimous, mellow, mindful, obliging, patient, polite, solicitous, sympathetic, tactful, tender, thoughtful, unselfish, warmhearted = CONSIDERATE…..is this one of your character traits? Could you improve in this area with people you know AND strangers?

Daily KIP: Kill others with kindness………be enormously kind to everyone.

It isn't what you get, it is what you become.

Thanksgiving

This year I was able to attend my home church, Hosanna!, to celebrate Christmas Eve. For the first time ever, they had a live nativity scene. It was simply amazing. The front altar was covered with hay, and roaming about were 2 camels, a donkey, goat, lamb, calf and geese. Throughout the service, the lamb

Daily KIP:  HUG! The beauty of a hug is in its simplicity. The gesture towards another person, known or unknown, is easy. It costs nothing but a simple act of caring and kindness. Who needs a hug today? HUG!

Daily KIP:  Focus on patience and not “reacting”. Sometimes our first instinct is to assume/judge a situation. Today be patient with in ALL your interactions (kids, co-workers, friends, service people, family) this truly is an act of kindness and others around you will appreciate it.