A Story of Kindness Turning Down the Temperature

This is the story of how I accidentally discovered the power of kindness to turn down the temperature.

Kristen and I stopped for a fancy lunch to celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary on our way to pick up our kids from their weekend visit to their grandparents.

The restaurant was busy, and we had to wait 20 minutes before we got

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With Gratitude for Five Years as a Pastor

The five-year anniversary of my ordination as a Minister of the Word and Sacrament, or Teaching Elder, in the Presbyterian Church (USA) was yesterday.

I've been a pastor for five years now.

It barely seems possible. Not just that it's been five years, but that I'm a pastor at all. It's something I wanted to do since I was a small c

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