Empathy

Around 6:00 PM on Thursday July 18th, 2018 passengers in Branson, Missouri boarded two duck boats to begin a tour of Table Rock Lake. Incoming storms and high winds capsized one of the duck boats in the middle of the lake.

If you are a victim of personal injury you understand the aspects of the physical injuries you have suffered through. But what about "pain and suffering"?

"Today, the community of Orlando needs our love and support without turning their tragic situation into a point of debate about God's nature. Our prayers are with them today and all who are suffering with them. If I didn't learn anything else at all in seminary, I did learn one thing: when people are suffering it is not the time to carry on a theological conversation with them about suffering. It is important to be there for them in that very moment in whatever way we can." --Rex Dickey, Chaplain

"Sympathy mires me in self-doubt and caution; empathy gears me up for action" - Liz Lottmann