Softening the Trauma Response Between Current and Former Members
Stepping away from a community of faith hurts in both directions. Could a deeper recognition of that pain help draw our hearts together again?
Tag: Empathy
Must Everything Be Political?
When the places we used to find fellowship and connection as a community start to “take a stand” on political issues, where do we go to find that unity again?
How We Heal
The division is growing. And the American people are weary. But the truth of forgiveness and reconciliation is no less available and promising. One mediator’s perspective.
Deepening Empathy, Compassion, and Understanding Through Reading, Part 2
More empathy for the difficulties, fears, and frustrations of others ought to help us move forward together despite political differences. These eleven books have helped me deepen my understanding of poverty in America.
Bites of the Best Books: August 2020
Five books that contain sentences and paragraphs and pages full of unique ideas that move our minds, touch our hearts, and fill our souls with light.
Deepening Empathy, Compassion, and Understanding Through Reading, Part 1
More empathy for the difficulties, fears, and frustrations of others ought to help us move forward together despite political differences. These nine books have helped me deepen my understanding of those speaking out about race in America.
Lord, Is It I?
In the wake of calls for racial justice, it can be easy to feel defensive. Christ’s apostles modeled another way: looking introspectively.
Making Peeping Toms of Us All
Stories of this kind are written to fascinate and engrosse us in the details.
