7 lessons from one word: Compassion
“I told her to do something unexpected: go where there is pain. ‘If you want to discover your purpose,’ I explained, “then you need to hang out in places where…
Read moreCompassion for an enemy?
This last lesson is the hardest. I’m not sure I even need it. Until a message pops up on my phone. My friend tells me she’s having a tough day,…
Read moreAre you prejudiced?
Are you racist? Don’t automatically answer, “No!” Maybe you’re not prejudiced towards blacks or whites. But maybe you are toward Baptists or gays or “white trash.” Or men over 60…
Read moreDon’t look away
We can never make a difference if we don’t first notice. “We are probably deluged with more images of pain than any previous generation; they are beamed into our homes…
Read moreDon’t take my word for it
It’s one thing to learn the rules of a game; . . . it’s another thing to play it. It’s one thing to read a book about another culture; .…
Read moreBut if you say no?
I didn’t have to say yes to Guatemala. God would have loved me just the same. But I said no last year. This year I wanted to try something…
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