On being comfortable
Aug. 22nd, 2009 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beatrice_otterLast night I stayed up way past my bedtime reading comments to ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cereta's post On rape and men (Oh yes, I'm going there)</lj>. In one comment thread, there was some talk about how men react when women start telling stories about assault and things that have been done to them, and how men sometimes don't like to listen and try to derail the conversation because it makes them feel uncomfortable, to which the response is "well, if you hear stories of assault and don't feel uncomfortable, there's something wrong with you." Because being comfortable is a problem when it blinds you to the realities of those less privileged than you.
And today I am writing my sermon tomorrow, and find myself remembering a quote from Thomas Cahill: "The purpose of the Gospel is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
cereta's post On rape and men (Oh yes, I'm going there)</lj>. In one comment thread, there was some talk about how men react when women start telling stories about assault and things that have been done to them, and how men sometimes don't like to listen and try to derail the conversation because it makes them feel uncomfortable, to which the response is "well, if you hear stories of assault and don't feel uncomfortable, there's something wrong with you." Because being comfortable is a problem when it blinds you to the realities of those less privileged than you.And today I am writing my sermon tomorrow, and find myself remembering a quote from Thomas Cahill: "The purpose of the Gospel is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."