What is it about suffering that causes people to scatter? Many times, when a person walks through a season of suffering, the response is an energetic burst of movement away from that person–a human diaspora initiated by tremors of reality echoing the pain of our universal human condition. Do you need proof? Ask almost anyone who is a member of a church and has experienced a divorce. In this article I suggest five ways you can move in closer to those who suffer.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://reagankathrynreynolds.wordpress.com/2021/06/23/five-ways-to-mourn-with-those-who-mourn-or-how-to-not-be-a-person-who-scatters/