I’ve been offering my tangled knots of questions and memories as prayers.
theodicy
A theological exploration in the style of a Choose Your Own Adventure book
Bethany Sollereder explores different approaches to understanding suffering—and enacts one.
Sometimes I picture its author looking down at us and shaking his head.
Joseph de Maistre’s magnum opus is still perplexing after 200 years
Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg has often been dismissed as propaganda. It isn’t.
A nine-year-old at my church wants to know.
N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic
They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.
How people deal with pointless suffering
Scott Samuelson considers seven responses to the age-old mystery.
Talking about God in the face of wounds that won’t go away
I used to have Jeremiah 29:11 in a frame on my wall. I don’t anymore.
Maybe Jesus’ tears at Bethany come from more than grief.
My son’s death did not evoke in me an interest in the problem of suffering.
Theodicy in real life
William Abraham's theological affirmations of faith are shadowed by a persistent question: Why don't they work?
Why scientific thinking matters for society
Andrew Shtulman's book isn't just about understanding data. It's about moral concern.
God works in mysterious ways, not sadistic ones.