Posts Tagged ‘Compassion’
The Empathy of God
Growing up, I often heard the phrase, “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins.” Our perceptions and senses are altered as we live through the same experiences others face. When comforting a friend in deep grief, I have often had to say, “I have no capacity for knowing what you’re…
Read MoreCome On God! Do You Even Care?
When calamity hits and our world feels as though it has collapsed out from under us, fear seems to be the only sane response to the uncontrolled free-fall that overwhelms us. It is, to be sure, the default response. There may come a time when, in our despair, we cry out to God, “What’s going on here?…
Read MoreLoving People Who Are Not Like Me
From Chapter Seventeen of Finding Faith in Slow Motion: “It was nighttime and Jesus was eating with His disciples when a Canaanite woman came to Him, pleading for her daughter. Just like Jairus, the synagogue ruler who pleaded for his daughter, this woman was pleading for her daughter. To begin, recognize that this woman should not…
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