There are people in need everywhere. A lonely girl in an office needs our interest and companionship. A young man at a party who is shy and self-conscious needs to be drawn out. A woman who is seriously ill in a hospital needs to be visited and comforted. A family that has just moved into your neighborhood needs to be befriended. We must respond to the needs of those around us.

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.