"If Christians cannot communicate as thinking beings, they are reduced to encountering one another only at the shallow level of gossip and small talk. Hence the perhaps peculiarly modern problem - the loneliness of the thinking Christian." - Harry Blamires, The Christian Mind
Friday, October 14, 2005
Learning to Lament with Each Other
Weeping with those who weep is a biblically-commanded expression of Christian love. Yet, it's something that we often do poorly if at all. Often, we try to immediately stop the tears of those who are sorrowing and that to alleviate our own discomfort. Doug Groothuis has words worth reading on suffering well with others.
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