In response to a video posted on social media of a group of Christians in Ukraine singing songs of praise in a subway, a Christian house church in Texas responded with a song of their own. Joining so many other believers around the world, they lift up the people of the Ukraine in their prayers.

Mercy is universally seen as a good thing. All humans were created in God’s image, and many appreciate it when they see kindness and compassion. A person does not need to be religious to recognize the importance of forgiveness and refraining from carrying around resentment.

Passion is a word of extremes. Who has ever heard of anyone that was passionately moderate or common? Passion is a powerful force within people which may be kindled for good or evil, progress or destruction, things essential or most trivial. If extinguished in a person, nothing is left but a hollow shell and lifeless eyes.