This is great, thanks for sharing your thoughts! In an earlier draft of this article, I had a whole section about how this phrase depends on who is saying it, i.e. If an artist says it, it's provoking, if it's used for spiritual bypass, disheartening, if it's on the lips of Jesus, comforting. I figure it the level of comfort comes down t…
This is great, thanks for sharing your thoughts! In an earlier draft of this article, I had a whole section about how this phrase depends on who is saying it, i.e. If an artist says it, it's provoking, if it's used for spiritual bypass, disheartening, if it's on the lips of Jesus, comforting. I figure it the level of comfort comes down to experience and power—does the person actually know it will be okay? Do they have the capabilities to make conditions okay? etc.
This is great, thanks for sharing your thoughts! In an earlier draft of this article, I had a whole section about how this phrase depends on who is saying it, i.e. If an artist says it, it's provoking, if it's used for spiritual bypass, disheartening, if it's on the lips of Jesus, comforting. I figure it the level of comfort comes down to experience and power—does the person actually know it will be okay? Do they have the capabilities to make conditions okay? etc.