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Be kind and compassionate to one another . . . Ephesians 4:32, NIV

When June and I lived on Maui, I met a widow whose husband was a Christian pastor for many years. Reflecting upon her recently deceased husband the widow said, “My husband did not set the world afire.” She then smiled and said with obvious pride, “But, he did his part to warm it up a little.”

The husband in his ministry did not lead any mass crusades. He was not known as an outstanding church administrator. No one wrote books about his ministry. He was just a faithful pastor fulfilling his pastoral duties with kind...