Tag «Truth»

When Compassion & Truth Collide

Last week, a little boy named Emanuele, openly wept as he asked the Pope if his unbelieving father, who had recently died, was in heaven? Quite frankly, I felt empathy for the Pope as he had to answer this highly emotional question from a heart-broken little boy. I don’t think anyone would relish such a …

Church Answers

Have you ever noticed how we have “church answers” reserved for “church settings?” These answers are sometimes less than truthful, but they are what we believe the questioner expects to hear.  For instance, you may have heard about the Bible class teacher who asked her young students what has four legs, gathers nuts for the …

The Truth: More or Less

This is the truth…more or less. We need more passion and less apathy. We need more soft hearts and less hard heads. We need more open ears and less open mouths. We need more busy bodies and less busybodies. We need more back-patting and less back-biting. We need more seed-slinging and less mud-slinging. We need more faith in action and less faith …