In a journey for personal growth, I’ve found developing oneself is often a balancing act: We must not float too directly in one direction, otherwise, we risk skewing our worldview toward a certain ...

Pictured here is a scene from the movie The Antidote, which explored what is meant by "kindness." (Photo: Courtesy of The Antidote The Movie-Better World Projects, Radical Media, Dignity Health) After ...

At a time when we are harangued by many who equate leadership and government with brutality, intolerance, absolute power, condemnation, and a warrior ethos, I found Faye Seidler’s column “ Fargo needs ...

Adrienne Bankert, a local morning anchor for KTVT-TV (Channel 11) from 2012 to 2015 and now a familiar face on ABC’s "Good Morning America," has written a new book that challenges us to take a deeper ...

As I was driving around town the other day, I saw an interesting bumper sticker. It read, “My Religion is Simple. My Religion is Kindness.” At first glance, this would seem to be a benignly beautiful ...

In a world filled with violence and polarization, new studies show that there are significant health benefits to even the smallest acts of kindness, like holding open a door or buying someone a coffee ...

In 2000, as part of a response to bullying, Modesto, California's Johansen High School instituted a course in world religions. Sherry McIntyre said she was the only instructor willing to teach it. "To ...

“In all the greatest spiritual traditions, at their heart is tenderness, just to be kind inside, and then everything rights itself. Fear rests. Confusion rests.” Pamela Wilson Most of us today are ...