Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Everyone brings a casserole when there's a crisis. Almost no one stays for an affliction.
Why are we so good at showing up for emergencies — and so bad at the pain that never goes away?
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In this clip, Curtis Chang talks with Andy Crouch about a distinction that reframes how we carry each other's pain: the difference between a crisis and an affliction. Drawing on Tish Harrison Warren's Prayer in the Night and its Compline plea to "pity the afflicted," Andy explains why American Christians rush in with casseroles when a bone breaks but grow quiet a month into a lifelong diagnosis. Together they explore caring for a child with a disability, why the loneliness sets in when suffering won't resolve, how race in America is a chronic affliction we keep mistaking for a series of crises — from 2020 forward — and Wendell Berry's neglected book The Hidden Wound. You'll come away with language for the pains that don't get fixed, only borne — together.
#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #Affliction #FaithAndSuffering #WendellBerry #CurtisChang
Everyone brings a casserole when there's a crisis. Almost no one stays for an affliction.
Why are we so good at showing up for emergencies — and so bad at the pain that never goes away?
🎧 Watch the full episode: studio.youtube.com/video/s7-twPbIV5Q/edit
🔔 Subscribe to Good Faith: youtube.com/@goodfaithpod
In this clip, Curtis Chang talks with Andy Crouch about a distinction that reframes how we carry each other's pain: the difference between a crisis and an affliction. Drawing on Tish Harrison Warren's Prayer in the Night and its Compline plea to "pity the afflicted," Andy explains why American Christians rush in with casseroles when a bone breaks but grow quiet a month into a lifelong diagnosis. Together they explore caring for a child with a disability, why the loneliness sets in when suffering won't resolve, how race in America is a chronic affliction we keep mistaking for a series of crises — from 2020 forward — and Wendell Berry's neglected book The Hidden Wound. You'll come away with language for the pains that don't get fixed, only borne — together.
#GoodFaith #AndyCrouch #Affliction #FaithAndSuffering #WendellBerry #CurtisChang
