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this week 6/19

What's the difference between empathy and compassion?   "Empathizing without thinking is easy, like diving headlong into quicksand. Compassion with conviction requires muscle."  Samuel James explains "The Empathy Trap."  

 Blessings of the Holy Spirit.  "Life, comfort, light, purity, power, peace, and many other precious blessings are inseparable from the Spirit's gracious presence."  (Spurgeon)  Read more here.  

The Handmaid's Tale, both book and series, is apparently very popular, especially among secular, anti-religious viewers.  Hanna Howard writes that it is "...at best a thought-provoking literary work, and at worst a straw-man argument against traditionalism and conservative values. Atwood fails to deliver an intelligent critique of conservative Christian values, and her book does not reach the caliber of Orwell’s tales."  Read her review here.  

 What to do when you have an attention span shorter than that of a goldfish.  Read "Digging deep or dabbling?"  

 Redeem your walk / jog / drive time with Christian audio.  Sale going on now.  

 Vacation spot.  We recently enjoyed four days in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania.   We relished the outdoor hiking and touring homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  Among many other things, I was fascinated with this Tiffany inkwell [photo below] in the guest room at Fallingwater.




    
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