As my friend and colleague Paul Raushenbush has noted, "their very existence offers the most convincing testimony for progressive, non-literal, rational, pluralistic and compassionate religious expressions".
But as time has gone on I have to admit that I also appreciate what they are doing for the gay rights movement and how their very existence offers the most convincing testimony for progressive, non-literal, rational, pluralistic and compassionate religious expressions.
Her expression was neither compassionate nor callous.
Involving older people who are retired and in good health, he said, was an "important part of local action and part of a caring and compassionate society" and "a very genuine expression of a commitment to wellness and wellbeing".
"America," which wraps blacks, American Indians, immigrants, feminists and even the disabled in red, white and blue, is an expression of the new "compassionate conservatism": Norman Rockwell meets Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition.
At the same time, his objective interest in external detail went hand in hand with the expression of an extraordinarily compassionate personality and a reverence for the mystery of things and of individuals.
But true feeling is only reflected in Dante's changing expression as he descends through hell - compassionate, shocked, fearful, exhausted.
However, they also identified alternative patterns of expression, such as being creative, understanding and compassionate.
Rabbis, priests and pastors who are compassionate and open-minded might consider officiating at interfaith weddings as an expression of God's unconditional love.
An important lesson that compassionate children learn is that compassion begets compassion and that everyone benefits from its expression.
