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**Longing for Compassion—A Story from the Sidewalk** Imagine yourself walking downtown on a chilly afternoon, watching strangers rush past a man si...

### Introduction: Hungry for Mercy Can you recall a moment when you longed for compassion but met only criticism or indifference? Perhaps it was duri...

### The Ache for Justice—And Our Longing to Respond Nearly every person, regardless of culture or background, feels a core ache when they witness i...

**A Collision With Brokenness** Imagine standing in a crowded city square. All around you, hurried people hustle by, faces set and heads bowed to the...

**Introduction: The Heartache of Exclusion** We have all, at some point, felt the sting of exclusion—whether in a school cafeteria, a community eve...