Empathy: A Key to Deeper and Stronger Relationships

One of the most common causes of relational breakdown, whether in the family, church or workplace, is a lack of empathy. The good news is that since each of us is made in the image of God, we have a natural capacity for developing and exercising God-like empathy. We explore the significance, theology, and neurology of empathy, its relationship to the biblical quality of compassion, and then lay out a simple seven-step process for improving these crucial relational abilities.