Comments on: From Theodicy to Theophany

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:46:57 +0000

In reply to Chivaughn Brown. Thanks Chivaughn. So sorry to hear about your mom but glad you are able to be near her. Love the Scott Peck quote. Very true.

By: Chivaughn Brown

Chivaughn Brown — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:47:52 +0000

Thank you for the inspirational message. For me it is so amazing how God at best prepares a person ahead of time to experience suffering. God provided an opportunity for me to be a relief chaplain at Bethany, Jenchep for six months to fund our studies and travel. It was an amazing blessing to be present and serve the residents with dementia and to attend Bethany’s dementia training courses. Unbeknown that on my return to Cape Town, I had to take my Mother for two consecutive assessments to her panel doctor in the leather industry she had worked for 40 years. The most challenging was that she had no ailments, no medications, even at 80 years old, no tablets, and yet the dementia has slowly robbed her from us, no more dancing, no more playing her favorite dominoes game. By God’s grace and mercy we were blessed to accommodate my mother with affordable care in a loving community just before the first major lockdown.

At present I am re-reading M.Scott Peck’s book, The Road Less Travelled. The introduction continues to challenge my view on problems and pain, by his opening statement that “Life is difficult”. “Once we truly know that life is difficult – once we truly understand and accept it then life is no longer difficult.” Every blessing

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By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 02:18:07 +0000

In reply to Name *jen ortlepp. Thanks Jen. As you say, devastating for you all. So sorry for the loss - not a pain that just passes… Do hope that at unexpected moments there can be consolation for you all. Carry on being kind to each other.

By: Brian Harris

Brian Harris — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 02:04:32 +0000

In reply to Ruth Andre. Thanks Ruth. These are really helpful links and I imagine other readers will benefit from them as well.

By: Name *jen ortlepp

Name *jen ortlepp — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 15:03:23 +0000

Brian this article meant so much – thank you. My daughter Sarah lost her first baby ( an IVF baby) at 29 weeks due to hyper coiling of the umbilical cord. He was such a fit, healthy little boy he had spun himself 27 times in the same direction and cut off his own food and oxygen by tightly corkscrewing his own umbilical cord. It has been utterly devastating; made worse by the fact that her husband Matt lost both his parents two years ago So I have been struggling with Why? It just seemed so senseless and so easy to avoid – he just had to spin the other way a few times. He was almost too big to spin again. So this article felt directed at me. You write beautifully and make difficult concepts easy to understand. Lots of love Jen

By: Ruth Andre

Ruth Andre — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 14:13:43 +0000

I feel I have been learning about suffering lately. Here are some links that you may find interesting. Michael Lloyd of Wycliffe Hall in Oxford wrote his doctorate on the problem of suffering and evil. Michael and John Lennox make a lot of sense in the comments. https://youtu.be/u4Sb07jHiMA https://youtu.be/Epp77DMrjSw. I also found this panel talking about evil and suffering very interesting especially the ladies story. https://youtu.be/6CWxWbqqExQ