Kok's wise words and moving anecdotes will help you and your church discover ways to show care to others. Kok argues that caring is more than "feelings", caring involves action: "All the hurt we feel when we learn of a friend's serious illness does not make us caring people. My deep mental anguish over the plight of someone cut by unemployment does not prove I am a caring person. When it comes to caring, having strong-even agonizing-sympathy means little. Only action counts as sympathy (empathy)."
This book is structured with a variety of discussion suggestions that will challenge both individuals and groups to think about-and act on-the many ways of caring that Kok suggests.