Sentences with phrase «books on compassion»

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The book's strength lies in its practical advice on how to tear down obstacles to private charities (like our church's current struggle with HUD) and its sensible counsel on the kind of tough - minded compassion needed by people like Kenneth's mom.

And his virtues as a scholar — solid research, rigorous thinking, careful judgment, and a profound compassion for troubled human beings — are on full display in his book.

The official publication of the Christian Booksellers» Association recently carried an article on trends in religious publishing which predicted more books on homosexuality «down the road (maybe five years or so)» and noted that just as there has been evidence of more compassion toward divorced persons, «Christians in the future will be saying homosexuality is still wrong but God loves homosexuals and values them as persons» (Bookstore Journal, January 1976).

Books like these help me reach a wiser perspective on the human condition and hopefully lead me to a deeper compassion for people.

Numbers, colors, and a lesson on bullying, sticking together, and compassion all in one amazing little book!

Dr. Laura Markham's compassion, wisdom, common sense, love and understanding radiates in each carefully chosen word, example and suggestion throughout this well - written, easy - to - read, delicious book on peaceful parenting.

Books and kid - oriented television shows offer many lessons on compassion, treating others with respect, sharing, gentleness, and other positive attributes.

Organizer Sean Collins is with Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration: «And in the resolution it talks about, it calls on local law enforcement officials and agencies to utilize their discretion they have, use greater discretion to provide more leniency and more compassion in the system, and do what they can now, even though there isn't a law on the books to divert 16 - and 17 - year - olds away from prisons.»

This book helped me heal depression by focusing on love and compassion instead of fear and hate.

Not just a watershed moment — the first blockbuster comic - book movie centered on a female superhero — but an earnestly realized look at a character who embodies strength, compassion and courage in any century.

If his latest drama, based on the YA book by Hugo's Brian Selznick about two deaf children having adventures in separate decades, feels a little tame for him, know that the movie's compassion is voluminous.

The basic premise of the book is seductive: in order to evolve and survive as a species, while protecting the Earth, we have to reorganize and lead ourselves based on principles that respect caring, nurturing, compassion, connectivity, peaceful coexistence, harmonization, adaptability, and rebalance (science with wisdom, awe and wonder).

Melton's website, Momastery, has become a go - to for mothers seeking straight talk and compassion, and her first book, Carry On, Warrior, was a bestseller.

Angela's Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

The fact that Eggers also happens to have «established» McSweeney's Books — responsible for publishing the title that the Times reviewer calls, «a kind of Death of a Globalized Salesman `, alight with all of Arthur Miller's compassion and humanism» — is casually mentioned on the inside page of the review, as if writing and self - publishing a great book was a regular occurrence.

The fact that Eggers happens to have «established» McSweeney's Books — responsible for publishing the title that the Times reviewer calls, «a kind of Death of a Globalized Salesman», alight with all of Arthur Miller's compassion and humanism» — is casually mentioned on the inside page, as if writing and self - publishing a great book was a regular occurrence.

The instant New York Times bestseller from Chris Cleave — the unforgettable novel about three lives entangled during World War II, told «with dazzling prose, sharp English wit, and compassion... a powerful portrait of war's effects on those who fight and those left behind» (People, Book of the Week).

Based on the groundbreaking book of the same name, this is the story of animal sheltering, which was born of compassion and then lost its way.

On the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month from 4 - 6 pm, FHS and Flagler County Library partner for «PAWS to Read,» a program designed to encourage beginning readers to develop a love of books and to teach compassion for all animals.

Building on this latest research, this book offers many practical exercises to help deepen compassion towards ourselves and others.

This is the first book on the market to provide an in - depth discussion of compassion in the context of ACT and other behavioral sciences.

Brene Brown and Tara Brach each have books on the subject of Self - compassion.

True connection thrives on presence, openness, observation, compassion, and, as Brené Brown has so beautifully shared in her TED talk and her bestselling book Daring Greatly, vulnerability.

She has a book coming out in October on compassion fatigue and self - care using cognitive - behavioral strategies.