Recently I was traveling and had the gift of sitting in the emergency exit row of an airplane. After everyone got on, the stewardess came to the people sitting in the exit row and started talking. There was one person who kept their ear buds in and didn’t look up. The stewardess stopped three times,…

Something that was encouraging during the early days of COVID was the generosity and creativity of people. If someone needed something, there were people that were willing to help out. One of the things we did for our volunteers and close connections on the youth staff was to ask if they needed anything and if…

If you asked people in our culture if they were kind people, most would probably answer in the affirmative. Many of us believe our default is that we are kind, considerate people that are helpful and positive. When the pandemic began, many of us expressed kindness in new ways from leaving dog treats on our…

I remember growing up my parents would watch the news at 10:00 to get all of the information that happened that day. They would listen to find out what had happened in the world that day and they would take what was said to be true. I remember growing up learning that I should trust…