Wow!: Rescued greyhounds teach kids empathy in Spain
NACHO DOCE, of Reuters, reports on the work of the SOS Galgos (Greyhounds) shelter…
Outsourcing care
We’ve in danger of outsourcing care in Australia. PICTURE: shironosov/iStockphoto Once in Australia there were few community services, charities and caring concerns. Families looked after their own. Neighbours called on each other. Communities rallied around a cause, and churches did the heavy lifting of charity. As we’ve got richer, we’re become specialised. We’ve developed nursing homes, […]
Heart
There are some really insightful people out there. PICTURE: Eduardo Goody/Unsplash Dame Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics, said this: “In the past jobs were about muscles, now they’re about brains, in the future they’ll be about heart.” This is at a time when economic demands are seeking to remove the time […]
Forgiveness
I came across this prayer recently: “Lord help me forgive those who sin differently than I.” PICTURE: Zoe/Unsplash I could ponder that all day! It’s easy to forgive people who suffer the same sins and temptations as I do. I mean, those sins are real, and difficult. I know what that’s like – I can […]
This Life: Kindness wins according to God’s mercy
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at why kindness matters…
The Interview: US author John Compton on why American Protestants moved from championing social reform to resisting it
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, speaks with John Compton, a political science professor at Chapman University and author of ‘The End of Empathy: Why White Protestants Stopped Loving Their Neighbors’…
Essay: The ‘hot response culture’ (why reason and compassion should prevail)
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, reflects on the rise of what he calls ‘hot response culture’ and why there’s a better way forward…
SIGHT-SEEING: ROBOTS ARE GREAT – BUT THEY CAN’T EMPATHISE!
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, says that while “smart” machines can help humanity in a range of ways, they do have limitations…