Balancing Online Compassion and Real-Life Relationships

In Letter 6 of C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, the demons strategize to distract humans from real relationships, urging benevolence for distant causes while fostering malice toward those nearby. This pattern reflects modern behavior where online compassion replaces genuine local connection. Christians are encouraged to adhere to biblical wisdom, emphasizing love and service in their immediate communities.

The Sanctity of Human Life and the Limits of Human Compassion

We are “salt and light” and that doesn’t happen with our votes or with our likes, it happens with our hands, our feet and our voices.