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1. We often confuse the heart of compassion that requires a response with the feeling of sympathy that remains idle.

2. Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when He could do something about it. But, I'm afraid He would ask me the same question. [-Anonymous]

3. Need is everywhere, yet we too often fail to see it. If we don't see it, we won't be bothered by it. If we're not bothered by it, we won't engage it. By our neglect, we become the oppressor.

4. All movement toward mission requires sacrifice. Nothing of great value comes without great cost.

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The new movie by Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man, opening today, is “easily the most overtly religious and autobiographical” of all their films, says author Cathleen Falsani. She examines the moral order of the Coeniverse in her new book, The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers.

Falsani, who saw A Serious Man at the Toronto International Film Festival, says the Job-like tale “poses questions that are as brutal as they are universal. The answers the Coens provide are unsatisfactory but truthful. There is no quid pro quo with God.”

An award-winning author and columnist, Falsani is a long-time Coen fan who named her blog, and now this book, after the mantra of the iconic slacker-hero of The Big Lebowski. The "Dudey Satva" of Dudeism (the tongue-in-cheek—but 60,000-strong—"religion" based on the theology and ethics of The Big Lebowski), Falsani offers an insightful guide to the moral order of the Coeniverse. Read More

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4 Bold Ideas about Compassion that Can Transform Your Life in 2012

1. We often confuse the heart of compassion that requires a response with the feeling of sympathy that remains idle.

2. Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when He could do something about it. But, I'm afraid He would ask me the same question. [-Anonymous]

3. Need is everywhere, yet we too often fail to see it. If we don't see it, we won't be bothered by it. If we're not bothered by it, we won't engage it. By our neglect, we become the oppressor.

4. All movement toward mission requires sacrifice. Nothing of great value comes without great cost.

New Book by Cathleen Falsani Explores the the Films of the Coen Brothers, Including ‘A Serious Man’