The book of Job
My friends are praying for me. Does God care?
God’s response to Job is cold comfort when you have terminal cancer.
Prayer isn’t our work, it’s God’s
I mostly agree with Jeffrey Weiss about prayer. I think St. Paul would too.
After One-Hundred-and-Twenty, by Hillel Halkin
Part history and part memoir, this volume gently immerses readers in Jewish traditions surrounding death.
Faith and Wisdom in Science, by Tom McLeish
Why do scientists turn to questions traditionally reserved for the humanities? Tom McLeish argues for a deep kinship between the two spheres.
reviewed by J. B. Stump
The many Jobs
C. L. Seow explores how the book of Job might have been understood by its original writers and audiences, and how we might look at it now.
Built on failure: The value of what we cant comprehend
In science, when negative data isn’t reported, the result is a silence that silences. A life-saving drug or a new discovery may be missed.
Abandoned in a storm
The “Jesus asleep in the boat during a terrible storm” story has always seemed unfair to me. I feel for the disciples when they wake him; they are understandably angry that he doesn’t seem to care that they are about to die. I’d be just as angry at Jesus for appearing so calm in the midst of real danger.
The disciples are uncomfortable that Jesus is not acting according to the category of “concerned friend,” much less “messiah”—so they kind of yell at him. And when it comes down to it, who hasn’t yelled at God during the storms of life?