Karri Siebert

“compassion, which is empathy in action. A pastor without empathy, without the ability to feel and authentically reflect the pain and grief of others, is a contradiction in terms.”
― R. Glenn Ball, Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It

“Satan wants nothing more than to let our fear of who we were keep us from becoming who God wants us to be.”
― Melanie Shankle, Everyday Holy: Finding a Big God in the Little Moments

“Right is right, even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong about it.”
― Kevin Belmonte, A Year with G. K. Chesterton: 365 Days of Wisdom, Wit, and Wonder

“In order to forgive we must first believe that someone has wronged us but we cannot forgive as long as we remain wrapped up in our pain and outrage. The gateway to forgiving is being able to experience empathy for those who have done us harm, and you cannot truly forgive if you cannot develop empathy for those who harmed you.”
― R. Glenn Ball, Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It