I have a friend—I will him call John—who has lived with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) for many years. A man in his early seventies, John moves and communicates very slowly but laughs easily and loudly. He loves making artwork and walking outdoors. John also suffers from a form of mental illness called intermittent explosive […]
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.
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.
This essay explores issues of meaning and divine providence in the context of Mary Doria Russell’s THE SPARROW.