Tag: compassion

Compassion, prayer, warnings in wake of Brussels terror

In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on Tuesday (March 22, 2016) in Belgium, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is sending chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care to those affected by the tragedies, reports Billygraham.org “The entire city has been traumatised,” said Jack Munday, international director of the Rapid […]

Communication, language and collective compassion

[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The recent xenophobic attacks and its reverberating effect on the entire South African landscape raised a plethora […]

In Ebola’s hot zone, bereaved says ‘We have Jesus’

Originally published in CBN  News In Liberia, churches are helping fight the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Volunteers, trained and equipped by CBN’s Operation Blessing, are distributing sanitation equipment and delivering much-needed food and supplies to quarantined victims who are cut off from society. Liberian Pastor Allison Dole is determined […]

TB Joshua tragedy and our compassion

[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”—Isaiah 54:17. […]