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Crippled by Compassion: Public Education's Model for a Whiny, Underachieving America
Robert Lutz

Eloquent Books, 2010

Public schools are compromising the lives of millions of children, creating an unsustainable burden ratio. If we were solvent today, given Public Ed's PC, dumb down entitlement sanctuary, sooner or later we'd be right back at current stats. In Crippled by Compassion, Robert Lutz exposes the fallacies of framing reform around the perpetual extortion of the American people on behalf of the children. The true beneficiaries of redistributive ...

Compassion and Self Hate: An Alternative to Despair

12 reviews
Theodore I. Rubin

Touchstone, 1998

real self help
This book is a real treasure. If you are stuck in your personal development, relationship, career, or any other area of life this book will lend some great insights into some of the many possible causes for your unhappiness, and very practical things to practice that will change how you feel about yourself and your life. Written by someone who clearly has been there himself, this book describes ...

The Tragedy of American Compassion

32 reviews
Marvin Olasky

Crossway Books, 2008

Tragedy of American Compassion
Most of us know the U.S. spent trillions of dollars, fighting the "war on poverty" launched by Lyndon Johnson in the 1960's. But "poverty" abides, apparently sinking ever deeper roots as fertilizing monies are applied to abolish it! Most of us, if we'd been investing in a speculative enterprise which went bankrupt, would stop investing, however passionately its board of directors presented ...

Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor

10 reviews
Robert D. Lupton

Regal Books, 2007

Candid, thoughful and provocative critique of misguided compassion
All charity is good, right? My church is charitable in our approach...isn't that enough? Bob Lupton demonstrates, from personal experience and past failures, that good intentions are no longer enough. Actually, as he shares, truly helping people is very challenging. However, unless we use our minds, in addition to our hearts, we might actually perpetuate the problems we are trying to solve ...

An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life

34 reviews
The Dalai Lama, Nicholas Vreeland

Back Bay Books, 2002

Read it, love it, live it.
A wonderful and poignant expression of the need for compassion and how to achieve it in your own life. Highly recommended for everyone; from young to old. One of my favorite books.

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

8 reviews
Christopher K. Germer PhD

The Guilford Press, 2009

loved this book
I recommend this book for EVERYONE. The author explains mindfulness with a step by step approach that is understandable and inviting. And the miracle is that as you try the simple exercises the author describes, you find yourself smiling and feeling calmer and just plain happier with yourself. I have been reading the book a few pages at a time, letting the ideas sink in, and trying them out ...

The Compassion Revolution: How God Can Use You to Meet the Worlds Greatest Needs

7 reviews
Dave Donaldson, Terry Glaspey

Harvest House Publishers, 2010

Prepare for Action!
The Compassion Revolution gives example after example, true story after true story of people loving others because of their simple, no-frills spirituality...we can follow Jesus purely while practically meeting other people's basic needs. Dave Donaldson draws deep from personal experience and through a biblical framework brings a message that authenticates the Biblical mandate 'to act justly and ...

Field of Compassion: How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life
Judy Cannato

Sorin Books, 2010

Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace

7 reviews
Denise Roy

Jossey-Bass, 2007

Very nurturing book for moms.
This is the best parenting book I have read recently. Instead of thinking what you are doing wrong, with this book you can affirm and nurture love and compassion you have inside and grow from there. The book is very healing and inspiring. Her "mothering" does not mean just to my own children. We tend to draw a line that "this is my family and my kids and it is OK if we are OK. I don't care ...

Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life

16 reviews
Henri J.M. Nouwen, Donald McNeill, ...

Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd, 2008

Insightful and Concise!
I'm having difficulty trying to type what I would like for someone to know about this book. I read the reviews of books before I purchase them too and know they have some influence. What if I just say that your dollar and time investment are low and your yield is gigantic? Reading this has brought me to a deeper understanding of God's nature and has brought me back to the Bible as a source of ...

To Weep For A Stranger: Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving (Volume 1)
Patricia Smith

CreateSpace, 2009

Compassion fatigue plagues caregivers worldwide. When providing care to others without incorporating authentic, sustainable self-care practices into our daily lives, destructive symptoms surface. Isolation, emotional outbursts, substance abuse and reoccurring nightmares are just a few of the symptoms that can distress the life of a caregiver. With awareness and knowledge, compassion fatigue can be recognized and managed. To Weep for a ...

Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

6 reviews
Joan Halifax

Shambhala, 2009

Brilliant book
I have scanned the market of books about caretakers and the dying process, and to me this is the finest book available on the subject. It is cut-to-the-bone view of dying with many personal case stories. The book is in my view not so well-structured. It is divided in sections, but these overlap, and it seems more like a long association about dying, care-taking and the death process. ...

Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma

3 reviews
Babette Rothschild

W. W. Norton & Company, 2006

Thank you! This book will help many helping professionals.
I read Help for the Helper cover to cover as soon as it arrived and all I can say is WOW and THANK YOU!! This is a book that addresses the needs of helping professionals--all sorts! Babette Rothschild begins the book with a preface on "Common Sense;" something we all need for taking care of ourselves (and our clients, for that matter). She's become a kind of champion of Common Sense in psychology ...

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

1 review
Jean-Yves Leloup

Inner Traditions, 2009

New age and spiritual libraries on both sides need this
COMPASSION AND MEDITATION: THE SPIRITUAL DYNAMIC BETWEEN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY is a fine comparative religion guide surveying Asian spiritual traditions and comparing Buddhist and Christian thinking. These two religious traditions have many common links, and both faiths could benefit from understanding these links. New age and spiritual libraries on both sides need this.

The Lost Art of Compassion: Discovering the Practice of Happiness in the Meeting of Buddhism and Psychology

12 reviews
Lorne Ladner

HarperOne, 2005

Insightful, Clear, Inspiring
I've read several books making Buddhist concepts accessible to Western/American readers -- and this is the best, the clearest, the most practically useful. It is also a book that would help followers of other faiths see the usefulness of Buddhist concepts and practices without threatening their present beliefs. In other words, this is a great book for Christians to read! It helps show many ...

Compassion Fatigue in the Animal-Care Community

3 reviews
Charles R. Figley, Robert G. Roop

Humane Society Press, 2006

Finally a book to help those who care for our animals.
"Compassion Fatigue in the Animal-Care Community" is a supportive book for those in the animal care industry, particularly those who work in shelters and see a lot of abused and sick and lonely animals. Animal Care workers are vulnerable to Compassion Fatigue, a form of PTSD., physical, mental and emotional exhaustion because of their unique job stresses. Job stresses include very ill ...

Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin (Shambhala Classics)

11 reviews
John Blofeld

Shambhala, 2009

Well researched and stories well told
John Blofeld's book is a scholarly and yet heart warming story about Kuan Yin. Through his knowledgeable and skillful telling of many folktales about Kuan Yin, he gives the reader a profound understanding of the nature of this Buddhist archetype and of Buddha Dharma. It includes some very nice black and white examples of artwork of Kuan Yin, Tara, and Avalokita, mainly sculpture.

Healthy Caregiving: A Guide To Recognizing And Managing Compassion Fatigue - Presenter's Guide Level 1

1 review
Patricia Smith

CreateSpace, 2009

Priceless
Have Just received my workbooks, and have to say they are priceless. The clear concise way the information is laid out, takes a struggling individual through process of understanding themselves and others. I would highly recommend these workbooks to anyone in the caregiving position, be it, a full time job, a volunteer, or a family member that is struggling with depletion while caring. This ...

Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor

7 reviews
Gary N. Smith

Loyola Press, 2002

Read the book & then find a way to serve!
Halfway through his book, Jesuit priest Gary Smith describes a 2 a.m. street scene he once witnessed. A couple of guys, both probably drunk, were having a shouting and shoving match. Tempers escalated until one of the two pulled a knife. The other guy shouted: "You can't kill me, motherf***er! I'm already dead!" This haunting scene serves as a metaphor for the book's message. The people ...

Raging With Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil

2 reviews
John Swinton

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007

Synopsis from the author
In "Raging with Compassion", Swinton argues for a practical theodicy, one embodied in the life and practices of the Christian community. This practicality does not seek to provide an explanation for the existence of evil, but rather presents ways in which evil and suffering can be resisted and transformed. This, he insists, will enable Christians to live faithfully with unanswered questions as ...

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