I believe that following Jesus should leave me more compassionate, not less. It’s really that simple.
About John Pavlovitz
We Who Grieve Aren’t Strong, We’re Trying to Survive
The death of a person you shared your life with immediately places you in a very specific community: you become a survivor.
The death of a person you shared your life with immediately places you in a very specific community: you become a survivor.
We’re Already in a Civil War
This is a pivot point for our shared story, the greatest national fracture of our lifetimes.
This is a pivot point for our shared story, the greatest national fracture of our lifetimes.
Grieving Their Missing Christmas Presence
When you lose someone you love, you forever realize the singular, irreplaceable gift that time with them was.
When you lose someone you love, you forever realize the singular, irreplaceable gift that time with them was.
Mr President, Judaism is Not a Nationality and America is Not a Religion
This isn’t a new performance we’re witnessing, it’s a terrible rerun.
This isn’t a new performance we’re witnessing, it’s a terrible rerun.
Opposing Hateful People Doesn’t Make Me Hateful
And the thing is, I even love them enough to see how terrified they are.
And the thing is, I even love them enough to see how terrified they are.
If He Wins Again
This has nothing to do with a political victory.
This has nothing to do with a political victory.
Dying to Leave, Trying to Live: My Depression Journey
It has been beautiful and horrible—and it’s rarely been easy.
It has been beautiful and horrible—and it’s rarely been easy.
If Your Children Came Home This Week
I’m not OK with a political party beholden to guns—and a President beholden to them.
I’m not OK with a political party beholden to guns—and a President beholden to them.
The Relational Fractures of this Presidency
America is increasingly lonely.
America is increasingly lonely.
Hashtag Activism Alone Won’t Save Us
They do nothing but hold space and give a little false hope to people who are slowly drowning.
They do nothing but hold space and give a little false hope to people who are slowly drowning.
Not Voting is Not a ‘Statement’
It’s allowing your future to be determined by other people and pretending that’s a moral victory.
It’s allowing your future to be determined by other people and pretending that’s a moral victory.
I Resist Because I’m a Christian
It is not a political affiliation that moves me, but a moral conviction, a spiritual agitation.
It is not a political affiliation that moves me, but a moral conviction, a spiritual agitation.
If You Don’t Care About Kurds Dying—You’re Not Pro-life
I gotta hand it to you, that’s a profound dissonance to maintain.
I gotta hand it to you, that’s a profound dissonance to maintain.
When Fear is Your Religion
May more white Christians in America come to believe that the sky is not falling, because they know the One who holds up the sky.
May more white Christians in America come to believe that the sky is not falling, because they know the One who holds up the sky.
I’m Not The Radical Left, I’m The Humane Middle
I suppose humanity feels radical to inhumane people.
I suppose humanity feels radical to inhumane people.