When People Are Kind In a corrosive world how can we be like Jesus? We focus on being in a kinder, gentler place of forgiveness and grace.
“If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all!” I heard that a lot when I was growing up. Apparently, I …
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Benevolence
Benevolence is a word that we seldom hear used today. It means that someone who is benevolent has a disposition to do good and to …
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One bitterly cold February day driving from Wisconsin to Georgia, feeling dispirited by all the dissension and even downright vitriol in the country, I pulled …
Read More »Does Your Church Love People?
This may sound like a dumb question to ask of a bunch of church people, but trust me, there are “Christians” who really aren’t fond …
Read More »Do I Love My Neighbor?
In Mark 12:30 and 31, Jesus explicitly says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all …
Read More »Being Right, But Mean
We spend a lot of time and energy debunking theological error and warning the world of sin, but in the end the pivotal question that …
Read More »A Revolution of Compassion
We recently interviewed Jose Cortez Jr. (Associate Director of the NAD Ministerial Department), about his involvement with the Movement of Compassion. In case you haven’t …
Read More »Love Your Enemies
When Jesus said we are to love our ENEMIES, he wasn’t just referring to those who actively hate us. Our “enemies” include those we don’t …
Read More »The Kindness of Jesus
The Biblical stories of Jesus overflow with acts of kindness. These acts almost read like a language in and of themselves and if we look …
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