compassion
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A Pastoral Reflection Do I Know My Neighbor? When someone asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus told a story. Stories have a way of reaching places in us that explanations cannot. They move past our defenses. They settle into memory. They speak to the heart while the mind is still trying to organize the…
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Matthew 15:21–39 and the Church’s Mission to the Outsider Matthew 15:21–39 is not merely a story about one desperate mother and one miraculous meal. It is a passage about boundaries, faith, compassion, and the widening table of Jesus. Jesus withdraws to the region of Tyre and Sidon. This is not the heartland of Galilean Jewish…
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There are seasons when I speak of compassion mainly in the context of my role as a leader in the faith community, as a pastor in my particular context. That is natural enough. One would think that among the people of faith, the audience would be receptive to the concept of compassion. After all, in…
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Why Empathy is Hard and Necessary in Leadership We all have different pain triggers and responses, physically and emotionally. But the universal truth is that we all experience pain. Is this a leadership concern? Does this enter into our business planning? There is an old adage for success formulation: Find a need and fill it.…
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Tender Love – Reflections on Psalm 103: 1, 13, and 15. Bless the LORD, oh my soul. Like as a father …
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