Posts Tagged ‘compassionate’

Jesus in a dive bar

Thursday, August 4th, 2022
Jesus in the dive bar

Jesus in the dive bar. The meme popped up on my Facebook feed, shared by a friend and liked by a lot of people. It said, “Jesus didn’t dine with tax collectors and sinners because he wanted to appear inclusive, tolerant, and accepting. “He ate with them to call them to a changed and fruitful Read more

Compassion can be cultivated in the brain, study finds

Friday, May 31st, 2013

It’s possible to become a more compassionate person by training your brain, according to a new study. Researchers from the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconson-Madison’s Waisman Center found that engaging in compassion meditation — where you practice feeling compassion for different groups of people, including yourself — seemed to increase Read more