The Problem of Vicarious Pain the williford connection

The Problem of Vicarious Pain

Vicarious: “shared in by imagined participation in another’s experience” Intimacy: “the state of having a close, personal relationship with someone” Intimate relationship: “an interpersonal relationship involving physical or emotional intimacy” Pain: “what inevitably occurs when you’re in ministry” The first three definitions are paraphrases from Webster. The last? Mine. And it’s 100% accurate. Doesn’t take a genius to predict that …

Another Leader Bites the Dust Craig and Carolyn Williford

And Another Leader Bites the Dust

A few months after our son Robb died, the editor I was working with enquired how I was doing. She asked with sensitive compassion, and since we’d developed enough trust—battling through edits can do that!—I decided to be honest with her. I began my response by saying, “Since it’s you, and I can be real, I can admit that I’m …