Job

The information age feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I’m stuffed.

The information age feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet. I’m stuffed.

Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.

Poet Michael Shewmaker imagines a suffering Christian in Kilgore, Texas, with three unhelpful friends.

Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.

Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.

In Yehiel Poupko’s poems, Jewish belief in God groans under the burden of divine silence.

In Yehiel Poupko’s poems, Jewish belief in God groans under the burden of divine silence.

He yearns to be able to lay his case before God.

It is as if every person who asks why bad things happen to good people takes a potsherd and starts scraping.

I don’t want to hear any more from Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar. I want answers.

I don’t want to hear any more from Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar. I want answers.

My son’s death did not evoke in me an interest in the problem of suffering.