Tag: kindness

• Small World, Big Picture

  Our world is shrinking. This isn’t a surprise. Awareness of world events brought about by social media is as natural today as snail mail was the norm decades ago. Yet I’m still filled with wonder when I find myself surrounded by new and different. Growing up in the Midwest, the heartland of America, there was…

  daylerogers

  July 16, 2018

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  being heard and seen, big picture, Chinatown, Dayle Rogers, diversity, God, God listens, Jesus, kindness, languages, listening, monolingual, San Francisco, Small World, social media, Tip of My Iceberg, understanding

• Mismatched Or Misunderstood?

  Mismatched socks. The bane of my existence. I had no trouble with this–until I had kids. Then my dryer developed an appetite for socks–and insisted on never eating a whole pair. My youngest has dealt with the issue by wearing them mismatched. That’s not something I do comfortably. I want agreement on my feet. Endings…

  daylerogers

  May 31, 2018

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  acceptance, change, change process, different, discussion, God, graciousness, kindness, listening, messiness, mismatched socks, retreats, uniqueness

• We Can’t Fix This

  What happened just south of Houston on Friday is unconscionable. Another school shooting. More students and two more teachers dead. People who left home that morning anticipating the fact that Friday had finally come. Not that kind of Friday. Santa Fe High School was the scene of yet another school shooting. To date we’ve seen…

  daylerogers

  May 21, 2018

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  anger, Demetrios Pagourtzis, forgiveness, God, grudges, gun control, hope, Jesus, justice, kindness, murder, Santa Fe high school shooting, video games, violence

• Rain, Rain, Go..Nah, Stay!

  I left Washington D.C. amidst rain and arrived in Orlando in a thunderstorm. I was grateful to get out of D.C. before another torrential drenching. I’ve sat on too many tarmacs waiting for storms to pass. Rain on both ends. As we approached Orlando, the captain came on and told us we’d be in a…

  daylerogers

  May 17, 2018

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  entitlement, flights, gentleness, God, holding patterns, Jesus, kindness, loss, messy, pain, rules, selfless, storms, suffering

• What You See Is Never Who You Get

    We began the year as thirteen strangers. From different places around the world. It’s been a journey getting to know each other. Not always smooth. A few potholes along the way. Ten months after beginning, we’ve become family. We didn’t start that way. Our first meeting felt tentative and more than a little uncomfortable.…

  daylerogers

  April 30, 2018

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  cultures, diversity, extroverts, God, image maintenance, introverts, kindness, library, reading, rudeness, small groups, story, writing