Sharing a Burden
“If you share another’s burden, both of you will walk straighter.”
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Compassion is not a Luxury
“We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.” – Roshi Joan Halifax
Continue reading →Our Ministry, Our Calling
“We don’t have a ministry because we decide to have one; we have a ministry because God gives us one. Our calling is God’s doing, not ours. Our privilege is to obey what God tells us to do; our responsibility … Continue reading →
Mistaken Identity
Two cars were waiting at a stoplight. The light turned green, but the man didn’t notice it. A woman in the car behind him is watching traffic pass around them. The woman begins pounding on her steering wheel and yelling … Continue reading →
The Kind of Beauty
“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within—strength, courage, dignity.” – Ruby Dee
Continue reading →Courage Doesn’t Always Roar
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day saying ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher
Continue reading →Vulnerability is Not Necessarily a Weakness
“We often think that vulnerability is a kind of weakness, but there’s a kind of vulnerability that is actually strength and presence.” – Ram Dass
Continue reading →Cynicism and Hope
“In its passivity and resignation, cynicism is a hardening, a calcification of the soul. Hope is a stretching of its ligaments, a limber reach for something greater.” – Maria Popova
Continue reading →Leaning Into Love
“Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible.” – Tia Walker
Continue reading →Chicken on the Roof
One day a State Trooper was pulling off an expressway near Chicago. When he turned onto the street at the end of the ramp, he noticed someone at a chicken place getting into his car. The driver placed the bucket … Continue reading →