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April 2025

April 08, 2025

How to Deal with Difficult People (part 2)

If someone is being “difficult,” maybe they’re deeply unhappy and isolated. Maybe they are in...

April 01, 2025

How to Deal with Difficult People (part 1)

Being kind to difficult people is just so dang hard. But as emphasized in The...

November 2024

November 07, 2024

Encouraging Secret that Will Transform Your Election Season

Despite what it looks like, we’re not as divided as we think. It’s not even...

September 2024

September 17, 2024

“Election Edition” of the 30-Day Kindness Challenge

we’ve adapted that original challenge into a special “Election Edition” of the 30-Day Kindness Challenge....

November 2023

November 21, 2023

From Grumbling to Grateful! (Nix the Negativity Series, Part 2)

Even though most of us want to think we’re glass-half-full types, we all grumble and...

March 2023

March 09, 2023

How Kind Are You?

We teach our children to be kind to others. We remind a struggling friend to...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Should Men Hold the Door? (Or Lift the Suitcase?)

Last year I was on an airplane, struggling to lift my heavy suitcase into the...

August 2022

August 02, 2022

In Case You Missed It—Blogs and Updates

I figured since we were halfway through 2022, I wanted to send out...

July 2022

July 25, 2022

Want to Fight Anxiety? Point Out the Positive!

It’s a fact there are so many beautiful things going on in our world—and in...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

Let’s Bring Kindness Back! Here’s How To Start

These three daily actions make up the 30-Day Kindness Challenge and they are absolutely transformative...

January 18, 2022

Male-Bashing Is Really No Joke!

Faithful, capable, responsible men are all around us. But if you watch TV, movies or...

January 04, 2022

Want A New Year’s Resolution That Will Actually Make a Real Difference?

There’s something helpful about New Year’s and the chance to evaluate what has worked well...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

Change The World With Kindness, One Person At A Time

Being willing to be an agent of change happens one person at a time.

May 2021

May 20, 2021

This One Habit Will Be Game-Changing for Others … and Yourself!

Kindness is a superpower. It can improve relationships, make life better, and transform our culture....

January 2021

January 12, 2021

How To Tame Your Temper When You’re About To Lose It

In my research I’ve found that when we are angry with a friend or family...

December 2020

December 17, 2020

These Holiday Gifts Are The Most Valuable To The People You Love

Instead of spending your time and money getting people more stuff, plan to give something...

November 2020

November 05, 2020

My Gift to You: A Devotion from “Find Joy”

Hello Friends, November ushers us into a season when we are more intentional about reflecting...

November 03, 2020

For the Next Few Weeks, We Have a Choice to Make

In a few hours, the polls will close. And for the next few days or...

October 2020

October 22, 2020

A House Divided? Handling Hot Political Discussions Without Getting Burned

I recently shared my outlook on the upcoming presidential election, our national discord, the possibility...

October 01, 2020

PART 2—The Election Probably Won’t Be Over on November 3 (and How Churches Can Respond)

This is the second article of a two-part series. Part 1 shared why it is...

March 2020

March 19, 2020

Raising the Curve on Kindness—It’s the Perfect Time

While we’re all working to “flatten the curve” on COVID-19, I want to challenge all...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

Start the 30-Day Kindness Challenge Today and Give Your Valentine the Best Gift Ever

It seems like Christmas is barely over—we’re on celebration overload and are still struggling with...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

Two Steps to Positively Handle Adult Bullying

Back in graduate school, I clashed repeatedly with one of my classmates, a guy with...

March 2018

March 06, 2018

3 Reasons You Should NOT Gossip About Your Husband (and One Reason You Should!)

We all want happy marriages. You want to love hanging out with your husband every...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

Don’t Be a Hothead! 4 Key Strategies for Keeping Your Cool

Most of us think that letting a little steam out of the kettle now prevents...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

The Most Important Gifts You Can Give This Season

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Only this many shopping days...

August 2017

August 01, 2017

What You Need to Survive the Flight from Hell (Featuring a Screaming Baby)

Have you ever been in this awkward situation – and wondered what on earth to...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

3 Sneaky Ways You’re Making Yourself Stressed

Do you have any idea what is the most frequent command in the Bible? Believe...

July 04, 2017

2 Reasons You Should NOT be Independent

You might look at that title and raise an eyebrow. Isn’t independence what we are going...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

4 Tricks to Control Your Temper When You Want to Explode

While doing some research for my next book, I realized something important: when we are...