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…

Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to be an investigative journalist – traveling to the furthest and most dangerous regions of the world to give a voice to the voiceless by reporting on harrowing stories of social injustice? If so, here’s your chance. Pulitzer prize-winning NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff,…

High Calling Blogs managing editor L.L. Barkat turns online promotion on its head this holiday season with her newest innovation – 12 Days of Community. The premise? Spend the next week and a half shining light on the work of others in what she calls the “12 days of Christmas with a techno-community touch.” I loved the…

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