“…making us feel guilty about what we cannot do is not helpful. Trust me, we probably would love to do everything thrown at us. But we can’t. Our bodies just will not let us. We know our boundaries. We have had to learn them through trial and (perhaps painful) error.” - Ref21
“In Mary Slessor, we see a vision of womanhood our age struggles to articulate — strong without being strident, tender without being naïve, courageous without being cruel. She did not demand power; she exercised influence.” - CPost
“We talk glibly of the ‘Christmas spirit,’ rarely meaning more by this than sentimental jollity on a family basis. But … it ought to mean the reproducing in human lives of the temper of him who for our sakes became poor at the first Christmas. And the Christmas spirit itself ought to be the mark of every Christian all the year round.” - JI Packer
“the nation apparently continues to suffer from a lack of empathy, a deficit exemplified by, among other things, fresh waves of antisemitism …. a growing movement of evangelicals has a different take. To them, the nation suffers, not from a deficit of empathy, but an excess of it.” - C.Leaders
“How can followers of Jesus do the care of widows and orphans today? Here are four ways that we as individual Christians and local churches can engage and make a difference.” - Ligonier
“Immigration, particularly unauthorized immigration, presents complex challenges. Our laws need compassion, clarity and enforcement…. Laws help maintain order and safety in a society. However, much of the rhetoric dominating conversations and social media is unproductive and divisive.” - Baptist Press
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In his primary description of himself, God includes a list of related attributes (Ex 34.6-7):
And in the parallel prophetic passages,
“during the Plague of Cyprian in the third century…. Christians stayed behind in the cities to provide medical care, community support, and God-centered conversation for sufferers. Pagans ran away from their neighbors. Christians moved near.” - TGC
“Bruce Pilbeam said the phrase ‘compassionate conservatism’ was mostly dead ‘thanks to its association with an administration that lost popularity in its second term even among conservatives.’ He concluded, though, that the concept at local levels will have an ‘enduring legacy.’ I agree.” - Acton
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The pastor who recognizes compassion fatigue can experience recovery and renewal by meditating on these biblical realities.
