I used to work as a chaplain in a VA Medical Center. Sadly there were veterans coming home from warzones without limbs, suffering from severe PTSD, who curl up like an infant and became very hostile when I came to visit. Oftentimes they would use profanity to get me...
Remember the woman who was caught in adultery, about to be stoned by the Pharisees, but was saved by Jesus? What a contrast between the cruelty of the scribes and Pharisees and the compassion of Jesus. The scribes and Pharisees had no regard for the woman. They were...
Imagine driving in your car when suddenly a frozen turkey shatters your windshield, hits you and breaks nearly every bone in your face. That’s what happened to Victoria Ruvolo. Surgeons had to rebuild her face, using metal plates and screws. The teenager who...
Compassion comes from the Latin “com passio” which is translated “suffer with”. We are not here by accident. God called each one of us here to “suffer with” Him as we carry out our daily tasks providing healing in mind, body, and spirit to His Body-the...
Maya Angelou is a famed American poet and author. From the age of three to seven she was raised by her grandmother, a period of calm and stability in what would be a very traumatic childhood. Grandma ran a general store and one thing that riled her was people...
A man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was complete, and he unveiled the finished painting. The scene was set...
