Kindness Blog Posts

by AC Grayling   The current quarrel between religious and non-religious outlooks is another chapter in a story whose previous main incidents are to be found in the mid-nineteenth century and the early seventeenth century, in connection respecti...

Take a cup of patience And a big heartful of love Add a bowl of generosity To blend with the above; Put in a dash of laughter And some understanding too Sprinkle it with kindness And memories old and new. Add some faith before you mix...

More On Things That Matter I had so many super wonderful emails and messages on the blog yesterday and I really was disappointed in the way it turned out.  My brain just wasn't connecting with the subject in the way I wanted it to...B...

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A teacher of an upper grade school class gave his class an assignment for the school year and they were to give a speech on this subject, with their ideas... at the end of the school year.  He asked them to come up with a plan that THE...

Save Yourself First !!! Ok...we're going over the top today...to the regions beyond...we're going to try to save the world and since most everybody else has gone right off the deep end....we're going to need to start with you...and me.... I have a...

    …an acquaintance with whom I had lunch this afternoon, there are young people in our high and mighty education system who look down on the proletariat, the blue-collar worker and the cerebrally less inclined. Although a keen inte...

There have been several occasions in my life where chaos and violence shifted my perception of time, even if I was physically far from the event. Time slows down, speeds up, sometimes feels like its hiccuping or repeating itself as we hit refresh ove...

Requirements For Pastoral Ministry Part 3  This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.” 2 An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respecta...

1. Never believe a captive’s promise; that’s one thing. Then again: Keep what you have. And third piece of advice is: Sorrow not over what is lost forever. 2. I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same b...

I’ve discovered a few things about myself recently. One of them is that I do not like to see clothes hanging all over my house, like this… (yes, that IS the treadmill my mom loaned me when I told her I wouldn’t hang clothes off of i...

I’m sure you’ve tried to strengthen your relationship by doing things that you might have heard, read, or seen people do. So, today I thought of writing about things to stop doing in your relationship that would help strengthen your relatio...

One day a very handsome young man was standing in the middle of the court house square in his small town and he was loudly proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in all the valley. A large crowd began to gather and they all admired his hea...

Do you feel like life is pressing you down a bit...or even a lot?  Do you go around day in and day out with the weight of the world on your shoulders?  Do you look out and see the sun shining, but for some reason it still looks dark and dre...

just a few days ago i packed up a couple of boxes for a girl my mother in law knows, who is currently in a women’s shelter. she was pregnant, but had her baby early and had absolutely nothing. now … Continue reading →The post Day 6 of 3...

by AC Grayling   Religions, despite what people think of as their personal consolations, have not served the world well. They create division and conflict, they impose unlivable moralities of denial and limitation, and they demand that we think...

Supposedly, we are rational beings with a pretty good overview of life’s ups and downs… so how come all we’re taught to prepare for is the day we find ‘The One’ but not what to do the day we fall out of love with that sa...

Let's Talk!!! Well...it's a cold and crispy...but grand and groovy..zippity doo dah day in Round Knob Canyon this morning and this new chiropractor has got me actually SLEEPING at night..Well WHO KNEW..THAT could happen?  So I overslept this mo...

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile... ~ Mother Teresa...