If you're in trouble or hurt or need, go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help--the only ones. from The Grapes of Wrath
03437 – Go to Poor People
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03342 – We’re 100% Human
Nobody is born Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Atheist, Republican, Democrat. People are born human and are conditioned by narratives and ideologies of race, religion, culture, politics, nationality, and society. This is not necessarily a...
03327 – True Compassion
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but being moved to help relieve it.
03303 – Same and Different
As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we are different. That may be the most essential message of all, as we help our children grow toward being caring, compassionate, and charitable adults.
03297 – Realities of Mental Illness
We must normalize the awareness of the realities of mental illness, especially within the church. We must remove the negative stigmas surrounding therapy and counseling. One of the most common and most hurtful phrases I heard in my journey with mental illness was...
03282 – Helping Others Heal
The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help other people.
03234 – Keeping the Faith
If we resolve to be considerate and to help our neighbours; to make friends with people of different races and religions; and, as our Lord said, to look to our own faults before we criticize others, we will be keeping faith with those who landed in Normandy and fought...
03081 – Who is My Hero?
Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.
02992 – Don’t Let Go!
Don’t let go, not now, not yet, but hold on tight, for I think we have more of a bumpy ride to come. Hold on to the hand of the Spirit. Hold on to your faith in justice and compassion. Hold on to the vision which has guided you all these years. Don’t let go, for the...
02888 – What Mature Christ Followers Do
Remember all those Sunday school lessons, Vacation Bible Schools, retreats, mission trips, and worship services? Their purpose was to help shape and mature us as Christ followers so that now we can demonstrate what it looks like to be people of peace, grace, love, and...