Merriam-Webster defines compassion as the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” Compassion, according to this definition, has two parts. It involves recognizing the suffering that others are experiencing , and it involves seeking to do something to help relieve it. But “compassion” is deeper still than simply acknowledging and

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As a new year approaches, many of us feel a tug to slow down, refocus, and draw nearer to God. We asked our Reader Rewards members how they’re hoping to step further into faith in 2026—whether through intentional spiritual practices, setting healthy boundaries, or cultivating the fruit of the Spirit in daily life. Their responses

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In Psalm 68, when the psalmist outlines God’s best plan for the lonely and vulnerable, he says, “God places the lonely in families” (v. 6, NLT). Around the world, millions of children live in orphanages or on the streets. Not because they don’t have families, but because poverty, crisis, or trauma have separated them from

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By Dawn Eaton, Tyndale House Publishers Exhausting—yet completely refreshing. That’s how I’d describe my week in Poland on Tyndale’s company mission trip in June. At Tyndale House Publishers, we seek to continue our founder Kenneth Taylor’s legacy of radical generosity. From the very beginning, he gave away company profits to support Christian ministries around the

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by Isaac Dotson In empty New Mexico Senate chambers, volunteers leave behind personalized Life Application Study Bibles that have been prayed over and anointed with oil. When session resumes, senators will find these Bibles, each engraved with a name and tabbed for easy reference. This scene, which played out in January, will be repeated in

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