Tag: compassion

I was sitting in my chair this morning, having a quiet conversation with God and thinking about all the people I know who are intensely hurting right now.

As each one came to mind, I thought about the terrible things that are happening in their lives and the ways it seems the darkness is winning.

I parked my brain in ... Read More


Remember the old National Enquirer magazine commercials? “Inquiring minds want to know. I want to know.”

I talk about the health benefits of giving and how awkward situations can be smoothed out with kindness, but the more opportunities I have to speak in public and get immediate feedback from those messages, the more I realize I’m getting it wrong.

Well, maybe not ... Read More


I find it interesting that we teach our children the importance of using manners and being kind and standing up for others, but sometimes we as adults fail in our own actions and words. I’m as guilty as the next person of hustling by someone who looks different. I avoid eye contact for fear that they will ask me for ... Read More