Try This: Minister at the Local Laundromat

Show people in your community—especially single moms and dads—that you care by helping them with their wash at the local Laundromat. The Frontier Church in Leesburg, Fla., partnered with the Laundry Love Project, an initiative to help the financially challenged do their laundry. The church paid for and did the laundry for more than 30 thankful families and planned to engage in this simple outreach every month, Pastor Steve Chineta says.

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Arthur C. Brooks: Real Happiness

A lot of Christians feel guilty about enjoying their life because they think that enjoyment and pleasure are the same thing, and they’re not.