kindness
The Kindness of Strangers and the Goodness of God
Editor’s Note: Having arrived in Guadalajara for language school, lay missioner Mary Liston Liepold, OFS recounts some of her first experiences navigating the train station, attending class, and studying. If you know me at all, you probably know I can be a bit ditzy – AKA lost in space. When we were kids, my missing…
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Kindness
Editor’s note: DC Service Corps volunteer Erin Frances Reinhart, who ministers with Little Friends for Peace, shares the impact of a peace education workshop for students on kindness. Little Friends for Peace provides in-school and after-school programming for students at many sites, including schools in Riverdale Park, Maryland, Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington, DC. I have…
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Love Blooms in Unexpected Places
Editor’s Note: Associate Director, Meghan Meros reflects on how love bloomed in an a very unexpected situation through the kindness of a stranger. Search my phone contacts and you will find an eclectic group of people. Occasionally, I tell myself that it’s time to purge my contacts (why do I still need the number of…
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Comfort and Joy: Through Chance Encounters
Editor’s Note: As part of our “Comfort and Joy” Advent/Christmas blog series, communications manager Bridget Higginbotham shares how unexpected meetings can provide the opportunity to give and receive comfort. One night downtown, a man stopped me as I was about to enter the Metro station. He said he was “looking for human kindness,” so I offered to…
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