Suffering raises the hardest questions of faith. Where is God when a child dies, when a body is broken or when a family is torn apart? The Bible does not hide from these questions. The Psalms are full of lament, and Jesus himself cried from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ( Matthew 27:46 ). These nine stories about suffering and grief, retold in our own words, do not offer easy answers. Some come from the darkest places of the twentieth century; others from hospital wards, farms, ordinary homes and one novelist's honest struggle with depression. Together they point to a God who does not stand far off from our pain but enters it with us. Each ends with a takeaway for sermons, small groups or pastoral care. Stories in this collection: "No Problem Is So Big…": Linus and the Art of Running Away "Where Is God?": Elie Wiesel and the Gallows "After All, He Was a Jew Too" Joni Eareckson Tada: "He Was Paralysed Too...
Sermon stories for preaching and faithful living