Parenting Practices of Empathy

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When i was a parentf my daughter she would sort of have these sort of melt down in public as a three year old, and just be completely unopened to reason. A councillor taught us the actual parenting practice of ympathy which is simply to get down at their level. It consistently brought her down from that place of just kind of irrational lashing out. How do we do that with the anti vaxor how do we doing that with the cuanon supporter? That's a challenge, i think, for christians, trying to actually be a redemptive presence that that reflects jesus.

In a special Christmas episode, David French and Curtis Chang talk about the ultimate act of empathy (God becoming human) and the somewhat surprising debate going on in certain corners of the evangelical church; the idea that empathy can be a sin. How far should we go to understand another’s pain? Does empathy require moral agreement? Is our empathy sometimes selective, reserved for those we agree with and withheld from those we don’t?

David and Curtis also dig into some reader mail for a fascinating discussion of the issue of abortion and some surprising realities that may show why pro-life Christians should look beyond the mere legal rules established under Roe v. Wade.

Show Notes:

-Joe Rigney: The Enticing Sin of Empathy

-The French Press: The American Crisis of Selective Empathy

-The French Press: Satanic Pregnancies, Explained

-C.S. Lewis: The Screwtape Letters (Amazon)

-Kate Shellnutt: Bethlehem Baptist Leaders Clash Over ‘Coddling’ and ‘Cancel Culture’

-The French Press: The Pro-Life Movement Must Transcend Politics