It’s the question that has plagued believers and served as ammunition for skeptics. Why does God allow suffering? How can a good God look down on the pain, despair, and misery that is the lot of so many, and let it be? I’ve been thinking about this recently, but the question in my mind took
It took me a minute to name the negative, angsty feeling I got when looking at her social media posts. Being an amiable, agreeable person, who prides myself on my ability to get along with most people, the feeling wasn’t a familiar one. I sat with it for a minute, wondering at it, until I
The pantheon of gods in Greek mythology teaches us something about ideals. Each god represents something valued by the people in its most perfect form. Mars – the ideal warrior, Aphrodite – the ideal lover, Hestia – the ideal homemaker, and so forth. The worship of the gods involved an assumed quid pro quo –
I grew up evangelical, so needless to say, I’ve heard a lot about temptation. But I’ve been thinking about it lately in a new light. Sometimes we view temptation as a desire to do something we’ve been told not to do but that we want to do (classically, this involves sex). Maybe we aren’t even
When I was a new bright-eyed and idealistic nurse, I imagined a future full of connecting with people at their moments of greatest need. To be sure, there have been many brights spots in my career where this has been the case. Nursing can be beautiful and rewarding. What I didn’t know was that it
