Phyllis Williams: A Refuge for Refugees

"What we did wasn't that remarkable. We just learned to move over," says Phyllis Williams of University City, Missouri, outside of St. Louis. In 1980, ...

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Examples of Martin Luther's Love

When Martin Luther married, neither he nor his bride, Katherine von Bora, felt "in love." Katherine was still getting over a broken engagement ...

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Robin Hood's Not a Good Example

If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity.

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Love in Acts of Kindness

Love is not communicated in the big event but in the small acts of kindness.

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A Lesson from the Good Samaritan

When our son, Tory, was just a small boy, we were coming home from Sunday school and church, and I asked him what he had learned that morning. He told ...

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How to Meet a Christian

In Conspiracy of Kindness, Steve Sjogren (pronounced Show-gren) tells the true story of Joe Delaney and his eight-year-old son, Jared, who were playing ...

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An Example of Humility

In 1994 Thurman Thomas, head bowed with his hands covering his face, sat on the Buffalo bench following his team's fourth straight Super Bowl loss. ...

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A Word Fitly Spoken

I spoke

Words fell

Aimlessly on ears.

Later

One said,

"Your word--

It helped

That Day."

I turned

Wondering--

Forgot I said

That word.

Let me speak

Those ...

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Love Is Never Lost

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

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Anthropological Evidence of Compassion

One day a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in a given culture. He expected the answer to be a clay pot ...

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