Be compassionate
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- November
- 12
I blogged this morning for USA TODAY’S Faith & Reason blog about a new statement calling for—are you ready for this—compassion.
It’s true.
Author Karen Armstrong, who has written several popular books about religion, and a bunch of religious leaders and celebrities have produced a “Charter for Compassion,” calling for people to be compassionate toward other people.
That’s Armstrong on the right and Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, Director of the Department of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution, at today’s unveiling in Washington.
It’s a start, right? I mean, the whole compassion thing.
Who can disagree with the need to be compassionate?
Take a look at what I wrote over there.
(Kevin Wolf, AP Images for TED Prize)
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The world of religion, we don't have to tell you, is vast. The purpose of this blog is for Stern to note, flag and comment on some of the more interesting religious developments on the scene – weighty and quirky, somber and laughable, far away and just down the road. He won't interpret Scripture, take sides in conflicts or judge anyone. But he will take advantage of the journalist's license to observe.
