"Molly Baskette bears witness to the most vulnerable, aching, confusing, and frail moments in people's lives. She has served as a pastor to people convicted of heinous crimes, those living with treatment-resistant depression and PTSD, people suffering from unremitting eating disorders, domestic and sexual abuse survivors, those experiencing pregnancy loss or divorce, people fleeing violence in another country, and those coming out as queer to fundamentalist...

"An extended reflection on finding authentic Christian joy in the midst of suffering and despair, especially the twenty-first-century epidemics of suicide and addiction"-- Shortly after being hired by Yale University to study joy, Gorrell got word that a close family member had died by suicide. Less than a month later, she lost her father to a fatal opioid addiction and her nephew to sudden cardiac arrest. The theoretical joy she was researching...

The problem of pain is a perennial one; and for those who undergo particular sufferings it can often be the largest obstacle for trusting in a good and loving God. If such a God exists, why is there so much suffering in the world? And how do we deal with it when it comes into our lives? In his fullest and most passionately argued book since 2008's bestseller The Reason For God, New York pastor and church planter Tim Keller brings his authoritative...

All of us will go through dark times that we don't understand: a difficulty with a friend, an unfair situation at work, a financial setback, an unexpected illness, a divorce, or the loss of a loved one. Those types of experiences are part of the human journey. But when we find ourselves in such a place, it's important that we keep a positive perspective. Joel Osteen writes that if we stay in faith and keep a good attitude when we go through challenges,...

"El sufrimiento es un tema para todo ser humano. La adversidad puede llegar s͠bitamente, y a veces viene para permanecer por el resto de nuestras vidas en forma de una enfermedad debilitante. Por lo tanto, necesitamos aprender a sufrir para la gloria de Dios. Dolorosa bendici̤n ofrece la bendita esperanza del evangelio, nuestro gran Dios y Salvador Jesucristo, a aquellos que atraviesan el valle de sombra de muerte. A trav̌s de su experiencia con...