pain in life

Everything Happens for a Reason?

Stuff happens in people’s lives.  Some of it is tragic.  Sometimes people just can’t catch a break. Many people say, “Things happen for a reason.”  Do they?  Is that blaming the victim? Are some reasons behind the things that happen outside of a person’s control? The following is a text… Read More »Everything Happens for a Reason?

The God Who Suffers With Us

It’s a ceremony that seemed very strange to me when I first learned about it.  It was so different from anything with which I was familiar that it was difficult to understand.  Several decades ago, I was told about a tradition among the Plains Indians called the Sun Dance.  The… Read More »The God Who Suffers With Us


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