Heavenly Father, Are You Really There? On What It Means for a Prayer to Be Answered
What does it mean for prayer to be answered? Prayer transforms the soul through honesty, faith, and divine guidance.
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Drinking the Bitter Cup: Finding Purpose in What Hurts Most
Pain can be spiritually and existentially productive—it wakes us up, calls us deeper, and invites us toward transformation.
Injustice, Outrage, and the Problem of Atheodicy
However challenging it has been to make sense of evil as believers, try doing that without God in the picture. As many conclude there is no ultimate purpose or justification in evil, there is likewise no sense of ultimate redemption from it either. How could you not then feel despair and outrage?
Why Bad Things Must Happen to Good People
In an orderly and just world, religion would be just a cosmic vending machine. Unpredictable suffering makes true virtue possible.
Difficult by Design
If you think life should be easy, its hardness can feel crushing. But what if this difficulty is an essential feature, rather than a disconcerting mistake?