Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"Things happen in silence that can't happen any other way."
At the hardest moments — when words genuinely fail — the most loving thing may be to stop reaching for the right thing to say. Andy Crouch on the ministry of presence.
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Host Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch talk about a capacity most of us never practice: being fully present to another person without offering or requiring a single word. In the biggest moments of life, Andy says, we scramble for something adequate to say — and there often isn't anything. What we can do instead is stay, suppress the urge to fix it with words, and let our presence say, "I am not leaving you. I'm trusting God with you, even here." It's true with each other, and it's true with God.
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"Things happen in silence that can't happen any other way."
At the hardest moments — when words genuinely fail — the most loving thing may be to stop reaching for the right thing to say. Andy Crouch on the ministry of presence.
🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpod
Host Curtis Chang and Andy Crouch talk about a capacity most of us never practice: being fully present to another person without offering or requiring a single word. In the biggest moments of life, Andy says, we scramble for something adequate to say — and there often isn't anything. What we can do instead is stay, suppress the urge to fix it with words, and let our presence say, "I am not leaving you. I'm trusting God with you, even here." It's true with each other, and it's true with God.
#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #Grief #Presence #Faith #shorts
