Athens is Kind

Big news! Athens, Ohio is kind!* Wait… you already knew that? Then join me during the first two weeks of October to prove it to others. I’m launching a new podcast through WOUB Public Media called, “The Kindness Podcast.” In celebration of this event, I’ve teamed up with the Athens County Convention & Visitors Bureau

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Week 40 Memory Verse: Don’t Hang Up

I used to think of praying like making a phone call. “Dear God” was the same as “Hello, is Jesus there?” “Amen” was the same as “Well okay, talk to you later. Bye!” It was a set aside time each day when I would “call” Him up, chat for a few minutes and then move

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Kindness Has a Way of Circling Back Around

Anytime is a good time for kindness, but receiving it is especially sweet when you feel like you’ve got nothing left to give. Proud dad, Scott Wright, who lives near the Wisconsin/Iowa border, and his wife still remember one particular act of kindness that came when they needed it most. “Rewind in time. It’s May

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Who Wants $20?

“Who wants $20?” That was the question I posed last night to several hundred kids and their parents. Hands shot up in the air. The one hand that caught my eye didn’t belong to the first graders bouncing up and down in the front row. It belonged to a freshman in high school sitting off

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Week 39 Memory Verse: How in the World Can We Be Joyful?

This week’s Memory Verse is super easy to memorize and super difficult to live. Here it is: “Always be joyful.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16 (NLT) Three simple words. Close your eyes and say it to yourself. See? You already have it memorized. But how do we live it? And what does it really even mean? When

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Cozy Walmart Store List

Wondering which Walmart store will be carrying Jordan’s Cozy for the Cure coffee cup sleeves? Here’s the list of nearly 1600 stores! Warning– it’s long and it’s listed by store number, alphabetically. Happy hunting and thank you so so so much for supporting Jordan’s mission to end breast cancer.

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Finders Keepers Doesn’t Apply to Kindness

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Only what if it wasn’t meant to be trash in the first place? Is it then called finders keepers? Not when kindness is involved. A woman in Ohio named Jessica was doing a little de-cluttering when she mistakenly put her daughters’ savings bonds and some family photos into

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