The Thicket of Suffering – Aspen Bruce

Suffering is an aspect of Christian faith that we all too often find hard to navigate. Before launching into ‘why suffering is integral to our faith’, we have to also ponder the question; why does it raise such differing opinions and dividing stances between each of us. I would argue this has more to do with us, and our experience of suffering, than the intention of how God willed for it. The most common question I hear when it comes to faith has been with ‘non-Christians’/‘pre-Christians,’ (whatever label you would prescribe), is “where is God in the suffering, in the painful times of life?” A question that as ‘christians’ ...