The opening scene of Love Actually  always inspires me to remember that love is all around. Even though it often feels like we live in a...

Donald Clifton, the father of strengths-based psychology, once asked: "What would happen if we studied what is right with people instead...

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There is a line in an ancient Hebrew poem, “Those who go out with weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of...

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In Jan Karon’s book, At Home in Mitford, Father Tim is an Episcopalian priest who works nonstop. From a fear of disappointing anyone,...

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For decades, youth groups and team-building consultants around the world have depended on “trust walks” and “falling” in a circle to...