Posts tagged “Compassion”
Forever people
Every person you meet today will be around forever. Do you realize that? Every person you talk with today is going to be around…
A little goes a long way
When the apostle Paul realized his time on earth was coming to an end, he wrote to his dear ministry partner Timothy the following…
Thwarting apathy
Apathy is when you aren’t moved by something that you should be moved by. In Jesus’ parable of the good Samaritan, a helpless traveler…
You can’t clean a fish you haven’t caught
My older brother loves fishing. He enjoys the peace and tranquility of being on a lake, patiently waiting for a fish to bite. For…
Your reality
It’s interesting how perspectives can be misunderstood. Take church during a February blizzard, for example. If services are held in the snowy conditions: “How…
Some people don’t want our prayers
Some people find prayers valuable, while others would actually pay to avoid them. Two sociologists studied residents who survived a hurricane, asking them to…
Simple gestures
When I was in grades 7-12, I trick-or-treated every year on Halloween with a group of friends in the same neighborhood. At the house…
Perfect days
You have 15 perfect days a year according to a survey of two thousand American adults commissioned by the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. The…
Show them grace
If you had one message to share with the youngest generation, what would you want to tell them? There are the universal truths that…
Jesus took breaks
One of the reasons that Christian people so often burn out is because we believe that we are following the footsteps of Jesus. Jesus…
Refreshed
A strange thing happens when you comfort someone else with God’s Word: you get comforted. An unexpected thing happens when you encourage someone else…
What about the people you don’t like?
Jesus spent his life serving. The one who “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a…