Compassion in practice
Subtitle: the way of Jesus
By: Frank Rogers Jr
Publisher: Upper Room Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780835815666; 9780835815673; 9780835815680
Subjects: Compassion; Christianity
Description: Jesus was a spiritual teacher who demonstrated personal and social transformation. His earliest disciples were first known not as Christians but as followers of the Way. Jesus' Way was a spirituality of radical compassion. He taught how to love and be loved by an extravagantly compassionate God; how to cultivate love for ourselves; and how to love our neighbors by extending love to the outcasts, the offensive, and even our enemies. Compassion in Practice is an introduction to Christian compassion. It explains not just what Christian compassion looks like but how to practice it in a world ravaged by violence, fear, and reactivity. This book teaches us how to love as Jesus loved. Expanding on the foundation of Practicing Compassion, Frank Rogers defines the way Jesus prepared his disciples to transform hearts hardened from the assaults of life into compassionate hearts. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The invitation: Jesus' spiritual path of compassion; title: The pulse of compassion: the core practice that sustains the way; title: Catching our breath: grounding ourselves in the divine source of compassion; title: Taking our pulse: cultivating compassion for yourself; title: Taking their pulse: cultivating compassion for others; title: Deciding what to do: discerning compassionate action; title: The miracle of compassion.