{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 229: What About Empathy?","description":"How can we know if we\u2019re getting it right when it comes to meeting others with empathy? \u201cEmpathy is a tool of compassion,\u201d writes Brene Brown. \u201cWe can respond empathically only if we are willing to be present to someone\u2019s pain. If we\u2019re not willing to do that, it\u2019s not real empathy.\u201d We\u2019re living now in a time and society where people actually talk about the sin of empathy. But for followers of Jesus\u2014charged to mourn with and comfort others\u2014how can being present to someone else\u2019s pain ever wear the title of \u201csin?\u201d In Episode 229, Cynthia and Susan take on empathy, exploring this hot-button word and a few of the familiar ideas related to it. Why does such a simple sounding principle sometimes feel clumsy or complicated when we try to put it into practice? ","author_name":"At Last She Said It","author_url":"http:\/\/www.atlastshesaidit.org","html":"