by Susan | Apr 22, 2014 | essay, inspiration
Periodically, Slate has been running a piece about American events written using the tone and language US reporters typically employ when writing about events elsewhere. It’s disconcerting, enlightening and in a very direct way, about compassion. The latest is...
by Susan | Apr 18, 2014 | essay, inspiration
We publish a series of classic fiction books that focus on particular peace & justice topics. Most are short stories, but End of the Line is an anthology of five short novels about the death penalty. As I re-read my introduction to the book — about the...
by Susan | Apr 2, 2014 | essay, inspiration
At the beginning of our weekly staff gathering yesterday, Ann Helmke, the peaceCENTER’s director, told us that all the traffic lights went out downtown. We leaned forward in our chairs, primed for a gory story of traffic snarls, blaring horns, some Texas-sized...
by Susan | Mar 18, 2014 | essay, inspiration
Cathy Rosenthal writes a column about animals for the San Antonio Express-News. Today she answered a compassionate question about the care and feeding of feral cats. Compassion moves us to feed them. Knowledge informs us that there is a better solution: Dear Cathy: My...
by Susan | Mar 13, 2014 | Compassion Metrics, essay, inspiration
I’m a numbers nerd. Compassion is not just a matter of being nice It’s making sure that there is a safety net for our city’s most vulnerable citizens. It’s about infrastructure, and it can be measured. If you are a fan of the quantifiable...
by Susan | Mar 11, 2014 | essay, inspiration
The quotation that accompanied this graphic is from Joseph Campbell: “If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.” When the peaceCENTER — the catalyst for Compassionate San Antonio — was founded almost 20 years ago, we used the work...
