Kindness

In his book, Simply Christian, N. T. Wright notes the importance of kindness in life. He quotes Ephesians 4:32 which reads, "Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you." He then comments, "The command of kindness asks that we spend our time looking not at ourselves and our needs, our rights, our wrongs-that-need-righting, but at everyone else and their needs, pressures, pains, and joys. Kindness is a primary way of growing up as a human being, of establishing and maintaining the richest and deepest relationships."
What if we were to take this admonition from both Scripture and N. T. Wright to heart? Sadly, churches are often places where a lot of unkindnesses occur. What do you think?