Encouragement vs. Discouragement

Recently a friend who returned from South Africa told me this story. She met a woman, who had a lovely voice and composed her own songs but used to sing only for herself, family, and friends. One day someone commented to her that she ought to share her gift with others by becoming a professional. […]
Good Words Work Wonders
What we say can have a powerful positive impact on others, even though we might never know it—until we get to heaven. In the movie “Boyhood,” the mother comments to a young workman digging around a pipe in her yard that he should think about going to the Community College. She tells him that […]