Word: compassionate
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I speak from conviction, because I was one of those students. As an undergraduate here in the late 60’s and early 70’s, I enjoyed superb advising throughout but, heavily embroiled in the music scene at Harvard, rarely focused determinedly upon my studies. Having married...
A stimuli may trigger an emotion in one social context but not in another, he said. And some emotions, such as compassion and awe, can only exist in a social framework.
Furthermore, there is scant evidence that the President is either messianic or a hard-edged religious determinist. Bush and I had several discussions about faith (and faith-based social programs) back when he was Governor of Texas, and he never displayed the vaguest hint of dogmatism or sense of destiny...
About once a month Grace Street has a “compassion service,” where congregants make gifts for the local homeless and elderly, in place of the regular sermon.
The compassion service is part of the church’s larger goal of encouraging its congregants to minister and not just worship.