03.10.07
Balance Reason with Compassion
“Reason, devoid of the purifying power of faith, can never free itself from distortions and rationalizations.”
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Do you base your decisions more on your head or your heart? What do you do to avoid the pitfalls of listening to only one exclusively?
• Many people offer a variety of reasons for eating animals. Is it possible that these reasons are used to silence their heart and conscience on the matter?
Thank you to Minister Cheryl M. Walker for her sermon Faith of the Heart which introduced me to this quote. Her sermon is also available as a podcast.
This text was written in 2007 by Freeman Wicklund of FreemanWicklund.org, and it may be freely reprinted or distributed in its entirety in any e-zine, e-mail, newsletter or blog as long as this sentence and Web link are included.