STORY OF THE WEEK: Why “The Sin of Empathy” is a Toxic “Christian” Belief
The Dangerous Belief That Feeling Too Much For Others is a Sin
My first-ever funeral was for a father who died by suicide on Father’s Day.
No note.
No warning.
Just gone.
His sons found him that morning.
I was called to the family home — an outsider to their grief, a stranger in their pain. And when I walked through that door, I stepped into something I wasn’t sure I was ready for.
The grief …
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