Simple Compassion
By Keri Wyatt Kent
Zondervan
Retail price $12.99
Amazon Price: $11.04



Book Description: An invitation to change the world, one life at a time. Starting with your own.

This fifty-two-week devotional invites you to discover a life overflowing with creative compassion. Through poignant stories and fresh insights from the Bible, you’ll learn how small acts by ordinary women just like you can lead to meaningful change.

Along with a clear vision of God’s heart for the poor and marginalized, Simple Compassion provides manageable action steps to help you move beyond asking, “What difference can I make?” to actually doing something. In each week’s reading, you’ll find inspiring meditations from the Bible blended with suggestions for living out principles of justice and compassion right where you are.

Step into the adventure of following God’s heart, and discover the power of Simple Compassion.

What I love most about Keri Wyatt Kent's books is that she doesn't write "fluff".  Her writing always has an underlying purpose of making the reader reflect on their own lives and make changes to become all God intended them to be.  She follows this same pattern in Simple Compassion. 

This book is a splendid weekly devotional on social justice that goes straight to your heart.  No lofty, pie-in-the-sky ideas here, just practical "can do" ideas that make you take a look at how YOU can make a difference in your sphere of influence right now. The author peppers the devotionals with personal stories and examples that are not only a delight to read but and encouragement to you on your own journey.  But she doesn't stop here.  Kent takes the reader to the next level by giving action steps that encourage personal involvement in the community.

Simple Compassion makes a great personal devotional, yet I feel it will work even better in a group setting with like minded individuals that want to reach out the needy in their communities.

~Reviewed by Patti C.