"In this important and thought-provoking work, Karen Armstrong provides an impassioned and practical guide to helping us make the world a more compassionate place. The 12 steps she suggests bein with 'Learn about compassion' and close with 'love your enemies'. In between, she takes up self-love, mindfulness, suffering, sympathetic joy, the limits of our knowledge of others, and 'concern for everybody'. She shares concrete methods to help us cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion, and provides a reading list to encourage us to 'hear one another's narratives'. Armstrong teaches us that becoming a compassionate human being is a lifelong project and a journey filled with rewards."

"This book is the clearest, most compelling and concise tellings of the life and teachings of Jesus ever written. Selected from his seminal book The Jesus Sayings: The Quest for His Authentic Message, a brilliant and evocative synthesis of the work of international Bible scholars and some 200 ancient sources. 

If you are at a distance, or unable to join a local in-person group, both of our book choices are also available in Kindle format and could be used as online mini-studies. Please let us know if this would be your preference and we will connect you with others interested in an on-line connection.