Widening the circle of compassion

While in Zanzibar, our group had a passionate debate that began when I said that I didn't believe in "bad people." I believe that once we start labeling people as bad, we stop seeing their humanity. In the past 24 hours I've now read two articles that affirm lack of labels. The articles come from two communities that I love and that often cannot understand my love for the other: the activist community (http://www.catalystwedco.com/blog/2017/7/10/kin-aesthetics-excommunicate-me-from-the-church-of-social-justice) and the faith community (https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/07/13/italian-jesuit-journal-calls-out-ecumenism-hate-between-some-evangelicals-and). What a good reminder of how much more effective we our when we widen our circle of compassion!