by Jennifer Hallmark | Jan 4, 2016 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
By Nike N. Chillemi Years ago I became the foster mom of two very pretty sisters, Tiffany and Nicole, The foster parents they had lived with for several years were ‘seasoned citizens’ and felt, as they entered their golden years, they should retire from...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jan 1, 2016 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV In a couple of days, 2015 will be a memory and we will move into the newness of 2016....
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 25, 2015 | Faith
During the 1860s, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow supported abolitionism and especially hoped for reconciliation between the northern and southern states after the American Civil War. When his son was injured during the war, he wrote the poem “Christmas Bells”,...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 21, 2015 | Author news, Small Acts of Kindness
By Patty Hall Smith I was drained as I slipped on the black cape that served as my costume for the play our church puts on every year around Halloween. Earlier that day, we had buried my grandfather, the latest in a long line of losses that our family had endured over...