A Relational Hermeneutic of Kindness

The vision inspired by this book can change our world into one community knitted together by kind words and gentle actions. This hope filled vision taps into the healing energy of kindness found in most religions and makes it the prism through which we understand God, the world, and all things. Following this path of relational kindness, leads me to be at home in any religion teaching and practicing kindness—Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and all religious groups teaching kindness. Kindness is the language known around the world. Wrapped in God’s kindness, we are all one—The One in many and the many in One.

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Dwayne Cole is a retired pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He earned his degrees, including a Ph.D. in New Testament with a major in Greek, from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Cole lives with his wife, Beth, in Alaska. They have two adult children and two grandchildren.