Empathy for Immigrants Sounds Like Christianity 101. Here’s Why Some Say It’s a Sin.
A small but influential group of evangelicals argues that enforcing the law is as important as mercy, and has come to see Christian charities as the enemy.
John Danforth, Former GOP Senator and Episcopal Priest, Calls Bishop Budde ‘Prophetic’
Few people have thought as much about faith and politics as Danforth, who served as Missouri’s attorney general, special counsel for the DOJ, special envoy to Sudan, and ambassador to the UN for George W. Bush.
Cruelty Virtues or Empathy Virtues?
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy argues that the bully pulpit of yesteryear has effectively been replaced by bully politics — but we will never fully understand how this happened until we examine how cruelty is often disguised as a form of humor.
Remembering the Way to Healing
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on a comment by Joe Biden at a memorial service on Tuesday to those who died from COVID-19: “To heal we must remember. It’s hard sometimes to remember. But that’s how we heal.”
Can Empathy Be Learned? Science Offers Some Clues
(RNS) — The mass shooting in Las Vegas has become yet another example of human capacity for evil. Almost immediately, people cried for