The other day I visited the website for Christian social service agency Compassion International. And when I did I was confronted, right on the home page, with a list of things that make Compassion distinct: What caught my attention was the statistic on the right. Over the last year, 125,042 women and children had “invited […]
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Can institutions be compassionate?
Yesterday I gave a seminar for some Christian high school principals, counselors, teachers and pastors on the issue of homosexuality. I was grateful for all those gathered and their willingness to begin thinking about the multi-faceted dimensions of this difficult topic. At one point one of those present made the observation that we need “compassionate […]

