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On feeling compassion

Jesus, moved with compassion, brought a widow's dead son back to life. In contrast, before I sat down to write this, I killed about 85 ants. These are my thoughts on a virtue that's eluded me my whole life: compassion.

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How to magnify someone’s kindness

If you’re joining from StumbleUpon, welcome! This is the sixth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is kindness. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. Oh, and if you enjoy this, I’d love a thumbs up. Kindness is subtle. Kindness is [...]

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Johnny Depp taught me to serve others

Johnny Depp taught me that serving others is about serving others. Let me explain… A week and a half ago, I wrote a short post on my personal blog about Johnny Depp and what he means to me. I felt pretty giddy when I wrote the post – you know, like a school girl. It [...]

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How to increase someone’s longsuffering (patience)

This is the fifth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is longsuffering. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. Yesterday, I started jogging again, the first time since the blizzard of “oh-ten” took my barefooting away. I started well. By the [...]

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How to guard someone’s peace

This is the fourth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is peace. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. Perhaps it was the hippies’ fault. Perhaps it was the politicians’ fault. Perhaps it was our own fault for not understanding. But [...]

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