kindness

Death, justice, love: Three rabbis open up Judaism for beleaguered readers

By Beth Kissileff — April 3, 2024
(RNS) — A trio of new spring books written by rabbis demonstrate the strength of the adage that no two are alike.

What the world can learn from the Buddhist concept loving-kindness

By Brooke Schedneck — November 11, 2021
(The Conversation) — On World Kindness Day, a scholar of Buddhist studies explains its idea of compassion and the diverse ways to think about and express kindness.

Can kindness heal a world divided by pandemic, protests and politics? Pastor Ashlee Eiland thinks so

By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 21, 2020
(RNS) — ‘I think sometimes what kindness means, if we’re doing it well, is that we are righteously angry,’ said Ashlee Eiland, formation and preaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church near Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Stemming the tide of hatred with kindness, and finding ‘life itself’

By Adelle M. Banks — June 23, 2017
(RNS) Kindness, experts say, requires intentional behavior and can have beneficial results for both the giver and recipient of a benevolent act.

Pope administers ‘kindness therapy’ at Mexican children’s hospital

By Tim MacGabhann — February 15, 2016
MEXICO CITY (RNS) He gave a polio vaccine to a small boy and was serenaded with a version of “Ave Maria” sung by a 15-year-old cancer patient.
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