12 posts tagged For the Love of People

I Love to Hear How Friendship Works For Other People

One of the most beautiful things I have experienced is when real friendships form. Conflict arises, I see the beast inside of you, you see the beast inside of me, and we choose to forgive. It’s never pretty at first. And sometimes it just takes silence and a ministry of presence.

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Social Media Friends, Loneliness Is Alive And Well

Twitter users actively form real-time communities around everything from favorite TV shows to breaking political news, we can easily be led to think that loneliness is an outdated phenomenon. But it is not.

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That Day a Black Teenager Saved a KKK Member From an Angry Mob

Keshia Thomas Black Teenager Saves KKK member from angry mob. I knew what it was like to be hurt. The many times that that happened, I wish someone would have stood up for me.

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That Day a Stranger Folded YOUR Laundry

My laundry had been occupying two big dryers in the building’s basement laundry room all afternoon while I ran errands and juggled conference calls. But instead of finding it piled in a heap on a bench, as usually happens when another tenant is impatient for dryer space, I saw an older woman serenely folding my towels, sheets and underwear.

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5 Lies You’ve Been Told About the Poor

1. Anyone who works hard enough in America will have a great life. And if you don't have a great life, then you lack the will, integrity or intelligence to succeed. 2. The poor are unemployed. 3. Poor equals black. 4. The poor refuse to work. 5. Education necessarily remedies poverty.

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