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Compassion. Adam and *Oscar.
Reflection Melanie Nixon Reflection Melanie Nixon

Compassion. Adam and *Oscar.

The way of compassion has been a strong area of question and prayer, rethinking, participation, and wondering. In reading Compassion, the authors offer helpful insights, and guidance in ways to live with greater awareness of compassion = voluntary displacement. This shift has invited…

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Spring. Easter. Poetry.
Reflection Melanie Nixon Reflection Melanie Nixon

Spring. Easter. Poetry.

What comes to your mind with this emphasis? Any number of thoughts, images, feelings, or names may come to mind as you read or hear the word.

…Shakespeare, Dickinson, Angelo, Blake…Psalms and so on? And often saying “I have no idea what I just read or heard” but there is feeling…

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