Many good people are giving survivors space to tell their story. That is essential work, and I am so thankful to see that growing. I wonder though, are people listening? Are you listening? Are we listening? Are we capable of really listening? Or are we in an analogous situation to the communication failure between different worldviews—conversations that often resemble ships passing each other in the night because of unshared beliefs. If that is the case, if the night of trauma is keeping Christians from seeing survivors’ accurately, then we need a brighter light on our bow. As Os Guinness notes, the sources of light often needed for worldview issues are “signals of transcendence”,
Descending Into the World of Abuse
Descending Into the World of Abuse
Descending Into the World of Abuse
Many good people are giving survivors space to tell their story. That is essential work, and I am so thankful to see that growing. I wonder though, are people listening? Are you listening? Are we listening? Are we capable of really listening? Or are we in an analogous situation to the communication failure between different worldviews—conversations that often resemble ships passing each other in the night because of unshared beliefs. If that is the case, if the night of trauma is keeping Christians from seeing survivors’ accurately, then we need a brighter light on our bow. As Os Guinness notes, the sources of light often needed for worldview issues are “signals of transcendence”,