Tag Archives: compassion

What do you hope for?

Posted on May 11, 2016 by deborahmeister

Last weekend, our parish set up an enormous graffiti-board at a festival called Flowermart  that we knew was going to draw a couple thousand people. (Jim Quigley blogged about the idea here: http://stalbansdc.org/the-daily-cup/from-bones-to-hope/.) What happened was pretty magical: People of all ages … Continue reading →

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Vote your life

Posted on May 4, 2016 by deborahmeister

Last night was a tough evening for me. One of our major political parties pretty much handed the nomination to a racist bigot, many of whose ideas would involve significant injury to groups of people that the Bible commands us … Continue reading →

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Shelter

Posted on July 16, 2014 by deborahmeister

When I was in seminary, one of the campus music groups was an a cappella group called The Sacramental Whiners. One of their favorite songs began like this: Would you harbor me? Would I harbor you? Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, … Continue reading →

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The dangerous difference between empathy and compassion

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Carol Flett

On Friday, December 2, the Washington Post Metro section featured a story, Lessons learned at a mother’s knee, By Marie-Thérèse Labossière Thomas. The writer retold a story that her mother told her that helped her to understand the difference between … Continue reading →

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