Providence Archives - The Other Journal

25.5: Encounter

Disability, Vulnerability, and the Problem of Providence

David Berka
January 4, 2016 / Theology

I have a friend—I will him call John—who has lived with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities …

20: Evil

Randomness and Assurance: Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Gregory A. Boyd
February 27, 2012 / Theology

We can have the assurance that God has a good purpose for every tragic event, writes Greg Boyd, without claiming that God allows every tragic event for a good purpose.

16.5: Special Issue – Haiti

Though the Earth Give Way: Haiti, Suffering, and the Crucified God

Brad East
July 7, 2010 / Praxis

In response to the earthquake’s devastation in Haiti, the church must look to its constitutive story—the cross and resurrection of Jesus—in order to speak and act faithfully in solidarity with those who are suffering.

14: Death and Dying

Recklessly Grasping after Meaning: Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow and the Yawning Jaws of Impatience

Schuy R. Weishaar
February 24, 2009 / Perspective

This essay explores issues of meaning and divine providence in the context of Mary Doria Russell’s THE SPARROW.