Finding God in Suffering

Death. Illness. Divorce. Unexpected. Undeserved. In this world there is going to be suffering and pain.

As a person of faith, we are not exempt from that undeniable fact. What do we do? Where is God when the pain is unbearable and the night so long? How do we reach out to others with something more than platitudes?

"It has been said that theology begins in the experience of suffering. At the very le...