UBC Wed For Life

                                If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.  - 2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV) All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.  - Isaiah 54:13 (NKJV) Holy Spirit, I lift this cry straight from my heart, a heart full of love and longing, to the Most High. This cry is not just for my children, but for all children. Those we’ve raised, those still finding their way, and those we carry in prayer every single day. And this cry is not just from me, t’s for every heart that needed to hear it. If this speaks to you, it’s yours too. I give you permission to pray it, share it, and carry it forward. Most High, call them back to You. Holy Spirit, unsettle anything in them tha...

Sympathy and empathy are two words everyone has heard before. They have become hot topics following the events that have transpired over the past few weeks. In the past, the action of extending sympathy towards someone who had suffered a loss of some kind was expected. It was a normal, almost trivial part of living in human society. Nowadays, it seems like people will argue over something as simple as when it's appropriate to empathize with others. That transition is just more evidence that the world has fallen. What exactly are sympathy and empathy though? We’ve all used the words at some point, but do we really understand what they mean? At times, people use them almost interchangeably, but there is an important difference between the two concepts. Webster’s dictionary describes that difference as such: “ Sympathy is a feeling of sincere concern for someone who is experiencing something difficult or painful. Empathy involves actively sharing in the person’s emotional ...