Justice, Mercy and the Christian Woman’s Response This comes from my heart as someone who has no direct connection to Lindsay Clancy, her family, her trial or its non-verdict. I keep coming back to this: As Christians, and particularly as Christian women, we do not have to choose between justice and compassion. Both should be our path. We have reached a toxic empathy state. Three precious children lost their lives. That truth should never get swallowed up by arguments, theories, social-media sleuths and too much speculation. Those children matter. Justice for their deaths matters. I also don’t think we should casually pronounce judgment on the mind and soul of a woman who was clearly broken and struggling with serious mental-health issues before this tragedy ever happened. If Lindsay Clancy knowingly and deliberately murdered her children while understanding exactly what she was doing, then she deserves punishment. Personally, I have a difficult time getting p...