Jesus challenged Sabbath, purity and other traditions in the name of a bigger vision of the compassion of God In the early years of the Way St Paul led a new initiative that broke with received Biblical tradition to welcome the Gentiles into God's family, those peoples whom religious tradition had regarded as morally inferior and impure.
All along, Sept. 11 has cried out for words like this, for such a vision of global compassion.
We assert the vision of community, tolerance, compassion, justice, and the sacredness of human life, which lies at the heart of all our religious traditions.
But we are also in awe of the power of a single voice, Anne's voice which was able to reach countless millions across several generations, and in over one hundred languages with her vision of hope and compassion.
Conservatives should offer a bold, optimistic vision and a combination of compassion, social justice and economic credibility.
Governments of the left sell themselves principally on their motives on their avowed compassion, vision of the New Jerusalem, etc.
John Piper declared it the end of World Vision's compassion for the poor, since the charity no longer cared about eternal suffering.
The timing is not right for me, but I am hopeful that the people of Massachusetts will select someone of great integrity, vision, and compassion as our next U.S. Senator.
It is a vision that we all seek: a nation of compassion, humility and hope".
The intention is to showcase and accelerate the growing field of compassion and create a vision of what is possible: global compassion education, the ideal gift for the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday.
