Jeremy Schurke is on a team that runs an orphanage in Haiti. Click here to read his blog. A reminder why we need not be flipant in our attitudes or discussions concerning God and suffering, but why we must absolutelty come to terms with our answer for who God is and why He allows suffering.
I will never forget hearing the click, click, click of those gates closing behind us. We started walking down a long sidewalk with buildings dispersed to the east and west of the sidewalk. Inmates were huddled in groups. In one group three guys, in other seven guys and others in-between. Each group making way for the guard who led…
The rumors are true – I’ve been trying to get to Haiti. Not just for a short-term trip (1 to 2 weeks), but more like a medium-term trip (3 to 6 months). Unfortunately, it does not seem likely. An oft asked question is “Why?” Why would you want to risk your safety? Why would you…
God’s forgiveness is like a blossom,
Its beauty bright; its fragrance awesome.
For Mercy’s glory is beyond compare,
And to the cross, it takes us there.
Here comes Thanksgiving Day. How are we to be thankful? What should the cause of our thankfulness be? What if you are going through a hard time? Or maybe I should ask “How can we be thankful especially when things go wrong most of the time and seem to only get worse as the days…
Others have made the same strange discovery, that suffering is a gift to be embraced. Alexander Solzhenitsyn spoke of his time in prison, with all its pain as gift. “It was only when I lay there on rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually, it was disclosed to me that…
The rumors are true – I’ve been trying to get to Haiti. Not just for a short-term trip (1 to 2 weeks), but more like a medium-term trip (3 to 6 months). Unfortunately, it does not seem likely. An oft asked question is “Why?” Why would you want to risk your safety? Why would you…
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