Tiny Acts of Kindness
Gather your family to listen to stories about how kindness is powerful in every size.
Gather your family to listen to stories about how kindness is powerful in every size.
Mara Mensies tells a story for the season about a hunter, a witch, and the devil himself.
When Korean adoptee Sara Jones went looking for her birth family, she wondered if a strange tattoo given to her in childhood could unlock any secrets. Adopted into an American family at age three, Jones found much success here in America, becoming an attorney and CEO. It wasn't until her own kids started asking questions that she decided to search for her birth family. And she started her search with that mysterious tattoo.
Michael Sabet, editor of The Journal of Bahá’í Studies, shares how religious law teaches him the depth of God's love for him personally and the rest of us, too.
Do you want better interactions with your kids or spouse? Often good relationships require skills that we were never taught in school. In this episode, therapist and relationship coach Dr. Matt Townsend shares 5 skills that can help couples and families connect in the short and long runs.
A 2024 Knight Foundation report found one in four college students think schools need to protect students by banning speech they may find offensive or biased, the largest share of students to answer that way since the survey first asked the question in 2016. 2024 also set a record for the number of attempts to disrupt or disinvite speaker, cancel performances, take down art exhibits and prevent the screening of films on US college campuses, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). What do these competing interests--to encourage student wellbeing and protect free speech on campus--mean for students and administrators trying to strike a balance?
Jason Shelton describes how his family's religious experiences and membership in the AME Church influenced his research for his latest book, “The Contemporary Black Church: the new dynamics of African American religion.”
Tim Lowry shares about the propensity for tall-tale-telling in one small town community, including three nonsensical tales about a talking mule, a singing catfish, and a prayerful bear.
A norm-shattering young White female doctor joins Black paramedics in 1970s Pittsburgh. And, meet the graceful but determined Black paramedic who provided unheralded leadership in spite of racism from patients and superiors.
Young mythology buff Trent and his forest ranger mom must capture an out-of-control phoenix before it destroys the forest.