“If you really cared about other people, you’d do this for me!” Have you ever heard this? Sometimes it can be confusing to know whether we are choosing compassionate action or being goaded into taking responsibility for another person. Or we feel compelled ourselves to save others at our own expense. It’s a challenge to sort it out and observe healthy boundaries. This is part of a sermon series on compassion.

Audio Listing:

0:00 – Music for Centering – Wang No Zao Gui – Yang Sanlang

-Jia-mo Chen, cello and Ina Jun, piano

4:50 – Gift of Music – Sarabande and Gigue – Suite for Solo Cello in C major – JS Bach

-Jia-mo Chen, cello

12:24 – Reading – from The Book of Awakening – Mark Nepo

-Worship Associate Laura Sheperd

14:33- Sermon – Compassion or Codependency

-Rev. Dr. Roger D. Jones