Browsing the archives for the suffering category
A friend asked me recently how I was doing with “the big JC?” I replied that I didn’t think he was very big at the moment!
He went on to ask me whether I still considered myself a Christian. My answer was that it depended how you defined what a Christian is.
If you’re definition is that [...]
I have now finished reading the book Where Is God When It Hurts and it has been very thought provoking. Although it deals largely with physical pain and things like terminal illness, it still helped me think through the pain of my grief in different ways.
The last section of the book is about what Christianity [...]
I could never had said that before 2 weeks ago, but last week it all changed.
In my work among skateboarders in Manchester I have learned alot about how Manchester is ruled and who the “power players” are. Manchester is pretty much run by The 5 Fathers Of Manchester, 5 men who lead and run the [...]
I recently blogged about Job and his suffering and how he chose to still love and honour God throughout. I was inspired by the book Where Is God When It Hurts to realise that Job didn’t deserve the suffering he endured and that God does not punish people with suffering.
Further on in the book, Philip [...]
I recently came across a song by John Mayer called Stop This Train (lyrics here) which is beautiful.
I have listened to it over and over again over the last week or so, each time finding myself connect with his lyrics. It gives me a feeling of nostalgia and a longing for a different version of [...]
I have asked many times why Amy died. I’m not asking how she died, her stillbirth was one of the 50% that are unexplained. I want to know why.
Mary-Lou particularly has battled with the idea that Amy died because of something she did or didn’t do. No matter how much doctors, midwives and friends reassure [...]
I am currently reading Philip Yancey’s book “Where Is God When It Hurts“. I had to buy it after asking my friends if anyone had a copy. I was fairly suprised that no-one had the book, but it’s probably quite telling about Western Evangelical Christianity.
I’m definitely finding the book interesting but so far it has [...]
Mary-Lou and I were at our favourite restaurant on the Curry Mile this evening – Fatoosh. Over the speakers Damien Rice was singing and we agreed that his music was quite sad. I really liked what I was hearing, having never really heard his stuff, and wondered why there aren’t equally talented Christians writing this [...]