Compassion: What a penetrating word. It’s the deepest feeling of love for others, and particularly those in dire need. The expression of compassion was well before Christ Jesus appeared on earth. In ...

In an age where time is moving at an increasingly swift and unforgiving pace, many parents seek to give their children names ...

However, the way mindfulness is taught and described today often seems to reinforce an individualistic and secular conception ...

I’m a newspaper junkie, I subscribe to the Alpena News because I want to hold to paper, to preserve it all to see what is going on in the world. I don’t want to read it on my phone; it’s another way I ...

To be truly compassionate toward others, do we first have to be compassionate toward ourselves? Some researchers have suggested that these two types of compassion are linked, although this might not ...

True compassion requires the ability to intervene before harm becomes entrenched—not after tragedy has already occurred.

In my early 20s, long before I reconciled with violent, alcoholic parents, I became aware, through several failed attempts at relationships, that it hurt when I tried to love. In my professional ...