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Table of Contents for “Mad About God”
This is the Table of Contents for my book on trials and suffering, called Mad About God. The book also talks about True Detective, Louis C.K., the Serial podcast, the pressure to be “radical” and do...
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I Don’t Have It All Figured Out Yet / Perpetually Skeptical
Hello dear friends! This is an audio preview of my book Mad About God: When We Over-Spiritualize Pain and Turn Tragedy Into a Lesson, about persevering through pain and suffering. Preface 1 – I Don’t...
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Thank you, Rachel Denk!
Very thankful for Rachel Denk’s wonderful review of my latest book, Mad About God. An excerpt from her review: “How many times do you feel like you have to be ‘in the right mindset’ or at a ‘good...
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Does God Use Pain “For My Good”? Does Everything Happen For a Reason?
Is suffering a “part of God’s Plan”? Does God use trials to teach us a lesson? Does everything really happen for a reason? A hard look at the Problem of God vs. Suffering, and why easy answers won’t...
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On Sale! — My Book on Persevering Through Pain
My book on persevering through pain is on sale for only 1.99 for one more day! The ebook works on every device. The paperback is also only 8.99. I talk about the church’s tendency to gloss over pain...
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Encouragement For Your Hurt.
Writing this one meant a lot to me as it contains real stories from real people with heartache, loss, and (not-so-easy) redemption. I often recounted these stories with tears and prayers. Life doesn’t...
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Five Husbands.
Part of my hospital chaplaincy duties is to write a reflection on how it’s going. Identities may be altered for privacy. All the writings are here. — The doctor tells him in one long breath, “Your wife...
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Making Room for Our Neighbor’s Grief and Loss.
Like many of us, I’ve been reading on many of the horrible events this week and all the media circus which it entails. In a sea of crowded voices, both reasonable and ugly, that has said nearly all...
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Is It Okay to Be Angry with God?
Art by worshipgifs Anonymous asked a question: What if I am angry at God. How do you cope with the frustration and anger towards Him? Hey dear friend, I’m really sorry. There must be many things...
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Room Enough for Us: Coping With the Way We Cope.
Photo by Geraint Rowland, CC BY 2.0 Part of my hospital chaplaincy duties is to write a reflection on how it’s going. Identities may be altered for privacy. All the writings are here. — I’m in a room...
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How Do I Know If It’s God or the Devil? A Mega-Post On Pain, Evil, and Suffering
Anonymous asked a question: Would God purposely put His children in a situation where they would be hurt in any way (rape, kidnapped, something like that)? Or is this the work of the devil? I don’t...
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Ocean Electricity, Carry Me.
Photo from Alter1flo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Part of my hospital chaplaincy duties is to write a reflection on how it’s going. Identities may be altered for privacy. All the writings are here. — I have a...
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I Had This Dream, That in Another World, I Was Someone Else, Someone Not Me.
Part of my hospital chaplaincy duties is to write a reflection on how it’s going. Identities may be altered for privacy. All the writings are here. — The patient, Jerome, had a trapezoid-shaped hole in...
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Condemning Hate Is Not Enough
Condemning hate isn’t enough. That’s the bare minimum. We also need solidarity. Compassion. Calling out. Standing with. Fighting for. Ground level work. Sleeves up. In the dirt. There’s the difficult...
View ArticleThe Call That No One Wants
Part of my hospital chaplaincy duties is to write a reflection on how it’s going. Identities and identifying factors are altered for privacy. All the writings are here. — “Are you Angela, the wife of...
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“Are you Angela, the wife of Tyrone Simmons?” I ask her. “Yes,” she said, voice rising, searing the phone in my ear. “Yes, chaplain, why?” “I’m sorry to tell you this, but your husband Tyrone is here...
View ArticleDone with the Church.
So, after three years, I’m leaving my evangelical church. It’s a painful decision that my wife and I made with tons of grief. We knew many wonderful people who did good things, but I can’t support some...
View ArticleThank you, Rachel Denk!
Very thankful for Rachel Denk’s wonderful review of my latest book, Mad About God. An excerpt from her review: “How many times do you feel like you have to be ‘in the right mindset’ or at a ‘good...
View ArticleEncouragement For Your Hurt.
Writing this one meant a lot to me as it contains real stories from real people with heartache, loss, and (not-so-easy) redemption. I often recounted these stories with tears and prayers. Life doesn’t...
View ArticleDoes God Use Pain “For My Good”? Does Everything Happen For a Reason?
Is suffering a “part of God’s Plan”? Does God use trials to teach us a lesson? Does everything really happen for a reason? A hard look at the Problem of God vs. Suffering, and why easy answers won’t...
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