Sight-Seeing: The one question I want to ask God
NILS VON KALM explores what it means to trust God when facing tough questions…
This Life: Learning to have pure joy in seasons of suffering
CHARISSA CHEONG says that when we face trials – as Jesus did – it is often a sign that God is doing a great work…
Sight-Seeing: When suffering comes, God is close
NILS VON KALM says God never promised to keep us from suffering, but promised to be with us through it…
Suffering
Suffering is an inescapable, if not essential, part of life. PICTURE: Road Trip with Raj/Unsplash Until we confront that truth, and make peace with it – we can’t live. In the Western world, we’re not set up to make peace with suffering, but to avoid it. Our wealth and prosperity, pop psychology, helicopter parenting, even […]
Books: Finding God in hard times
DAVID ADAMS reads US author Katie Faris’ ‘He Will Be Enough’…
This Life: God’s promises can lead to lemonade
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at how God can take something bitter and turn it into something sweet…
Americans think bad things just happen; God is not responsible – survey
RNS Few Americans blame God when bad things happen in their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that looks at how people respond to suffering in the wake of a pandemic that has killed more than 750,000 Americans. The survey of 6,485 US adults polled online in September shows that Americans overall have a […]
Hope
Charles Dickens wrote “The pain of parting is nothing compared to the joy of reunion.” PICTURE: Ron Smith/Unsplash This is an idea explored in the Bible, where a character like Joseph suffers terribly, sold as a slave and falsely put in jail. Yet, after decades of suffering, providence rewards him for his faithfulness and […]
The Interview: UK Christian apologist Amy Orr-Ewing on suffering
Best-selling UK-based Christian author, speaker and lecturer Dr Amy Orr-Ewing speaks with DAVID ADAMS about her new book, ‘Where is God in all the Suffering?’…
Books: When suffering with others becomes personal – and tricky
JO KADLECEK review Tim Costello’s latest book, ‘The Cost of Compassion’…