by Jennifer Hallmark | Jul 29, 2019 | Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
For my friends who drop by here often, you know I love sharing posts from the Kindness blog. Here’s one I felt was very helpful: How to Help A Friend Who is Suffering From a Chronic Illness By Lucy Martial Do you have a friend who struggles with chronic...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jul 15, 2019 | Author news, Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
By Lisa Worthey Smith After the fall of Saigon, many desperate people fled by the South China Sea in a mass exodus now known as the Vietnamese boat people. One twelve-year old girl among the hundreds of thousands of refugees, Thanh Dương, managed to survive the boat...
by Ellen | Jul 8, 2019 | Small Acts of Kindness
I was shelving some children’s videos at the library when she spotted me. I looked down and saw a little girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old, looking up at me. “Hi. How are you?” I said. “Do you need something?” She asked if we had a certain book. “Well, let’s see. Is it in...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jul 1, 2019 | Faith, Small Acts of Kindness
A month ago, my husband and I joined a few others from our church, The Bridge, on a mission trip to Oneida, Kentucky. It was my first mission trip of any kind and I thoroughly enjoyed myself as I worked alongside others to upgrade the campus of a school which provides...
by Ellen | Jun 24, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Small Acts of Kindness
By Ellen Andersen I love to garden. I REALLY love to garden—flowers, mostly. I have several friends who do too. We enjoy seeing each other’s creations for the year and often share plants with each other. We talk about what worked and what didn’t, and the surprises we...