Lately I have been thinking a lot about the role of compassion in the church. I have seen so many good examples of people reaching out to friends in compassion and grace. I have often been a recipient. And now this whole "Social Justice" thing has become quite a fad. Let's be green. Let's care about the people who don't have clean drinking water or are oppressed by their governments. That seems like a good fad, I suppose, until it goes out of style.
Why don't we use this time where its exciting to care about these issues to develop some genuine and deep rooted compassion. In a time where information is accessible, let's get out there and hear about what's really going on in our world. After talking with a good friend, I came to the realization that it's hard to be compassionate when you have no experience of a problem. But now we can in some small way experience it by learning and reading about it! For the first time, globalization is allowing us to develop global compassion.
I am going to pursue global compassion. I am taking advantage of the information age and trying to use it for good. I have just started reading "The Skeptic's Guide to the Global AIDS Crisis" and I am going to start posting some of the things I find on here so hopefully whoever (if anyone) stumbles across my blog they too can start developing compassion.
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