Photo by MARK H. HUNTER -- Mickey Ray Rayborn, center, explains some of the programs of Compassion International to Ray Terral, left, during a recent Iron Sharpens Iron men's conference at Istrouma ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

As a homebound parent with a preschooler, I’ve felt an array of emotions over the past few months during the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve felt sadness and worry about how many people are becoming ill, ...

Free resource about God’s global family from Compassion International. If you’re looking for family devotionals that bridge your home to the world, check out Compassion International’s free resources ...

Compassion means reaching out to others. Think of all of the qualities that you admire most in others and that you would most like to instill in your children. My guess is that compassion is high on ...

is no small feat these days. Because of the egocentrism of children's early years combined with the increasingly prevalent messages of selfishness, narcissism, and indifference that popular culture ...

Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to remember the closeness, compassion, and tenderness of God. Speaking before the midday Angelus on Feb. 14, the pope reflected on the day's Gospel reading (Mark ...

Many of today’s parents and teachers came of age in the 1980s and 1990s — a time when the self-esteem movement was in its zenith. Self-esteem was supposed to be a panacea for a variety of social ...