Have you ever thought you might get a great project off the ground in your community — “if you only had the money?” Well the Pepsi Refresh Project is giving away millions of dollars in grants in 2010 to individuals, not-for-profits and socially-conscious businesses that are interested in doing good. The Refresh Project’s “How it…

What makes for a Merry Christmas?  Receiving the perfect gift?  Setting an HGTV-ready table?  Parents doing just the right things with/for their kids?  Kids expressing just the right amount of gratitude to their parents?  What makes for a Bah-humbug Christmas? Annoying in-laws? Family feuds? Financial difficulties? Unmet expectations? But, what would happen if we decided to…

Just found myself on the receiving end of a random act of kindness.  A big one.  A meaningful one.  An unexpected act of grace that will free me up and allow me to get some much needed rest.  Forget the mall. Is there something you can do for someone today that will give them a break? …

I don’t pretend to know Anne Jackson. Sure, I know she is a writer and a speaker and that she has worked in churches. I know that she has a relatively popular blog called Flowerdust.net, a published book called Mad Church Disease and one coming out next year called Permission to Speak Freely: Essays and…

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