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Lighten Up: Every Knee Will Bow

bowed-knees-550x550There will be a lot of surprises on the last day. This one would be kind of fun.

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Lighten Up: Existential French Cat

In honor of Greg’s background in philosophy and existentialism, we thought we would treat you to the thoughts of Henri, the existential French cat. Maybe it also has something to do with the fact that we just got hammered with a snowstorm in April, but we’re feeling just a little feline angst around these parts.…

Lighten Up: Random Acts of Kindness

Lighten Up: Wisdom and Belly Laughs

Kid President reports some of the responses from people to the question: what should people say more often? This kid’s laugh alone is worth the price of admission. His response to the suggestion that we should say “MERICA” more often, is guaranteed to make you laugh along with him. Good belly laughs are deeply spiritual…

Lighten Up: Experience Informs

If you don’t think the world is filled with injustice, it might be because you’re at the top of the food chain.  

Lighten Up: Shellfish

We’ve always secretly suspected that God just wanted to save the lobsters. Big old softie.  

New Feature: We Need YOU!

For the last several years we’ve been running a feature every Friday called Lighten Up. It was fun for a while, but it’s gotten harder and harder to find light-hearted, relevant content. That’s where you come in. We’d like to start something slightly different on Fridays that features content sent to us by YOU! There’s…