Kindness is not just a meek niceness, it is a firm opinion/stand offered amicably and/or respectfully, seeing the other one/s not as your enemies or rivals, but as children of God.

This is a very useful lesson to take. And I generally could not agree more. We are here to spread the gospel, the good news of love, hope and salvation. And we should not forget that we are in this living here on this Earth together, too, so we better do it right!
The book has many interesting topics and tidbits of information. I can agree (or at least understand) the most of the works (one difference might be the chapters on communicationg with the LGBTI+ crowd - and do not get me wrong, I stand firmly on treating them with respect and dignity as every person is valuable child of God. Yet, sometimes I am afraid that "being kind" might translate here into being misleading concerning the sin. I do not have a recipe for the right behaviour here and I write this with humility as I see the good intentions - but let´s not forget that grave sins harms and hurts the souls).

Also, somehow the author seems a bit self tribulatory to me. I did this right thing, we at the Biola University (where I am the president) are doing that right thing. But I am not American, so this might be a different cultural norm of speaking/writing.

It's not a profound book and it's most probably not something you haven't read/ heard before. It's a reminder of what we as Christians learn early on - to love our neighbours and to bring Christ to them. I enjoyed it, but it didn't blow me away.

Love Kindness Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue by Barry H. Corey is an intense trip in the Kindness that all of us possess.
I was so pleased that the phrases chosen by the dad of the author, while he was still a student for giving him a direction (he is a pastor now), the ones our priest Marino repeated everyday during the morning mass. They became for him a mantra and a way of living exactly like for Mr.Corey.

From Matthew: "And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me." In practical terms: "Whoever receives you receives me and whoever receives me receives him who sent me."
This fascinating trip for discovering kindness in ourselves and other ones mustn't scare us, because we will become best people.

Kindness means staying close to other people in moment of difficulty or also just being there. It's important. Of course it means to change our schedule, to be more present for other people but the sensation proved is priceless because we know that we work for bettering ourselves and the life of other people as well. It means dialogue, humanity and a new way of seeing the world.
Kindness is love.

If you search for a great christian book about Kindness written by a pastor and with a lot of biblical references go for this one. It's beautiful!

I thank NetGalley and Tyndale House Publishers for the eBook.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review. A lovely reminder to Christians to not just talk the talk but walk the walk. Loved it.