Category Archives: The Sufferer

God’s Depression Treatment

Treatment For Depression We’ve seen the kind of treatment people have devised in order to relieve the suffering of depression: medicine and counseling (see blog, October 28). Although we welcome the advances in medicine and in counseling to help people, … Continue reading

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“Tragedy Transformed” Judges’ Comments

Last week, Tragedy Transformed: How Job’s Recovery Can Provide Hope For Yours made the Finals in the fourth annual Cascade Awards Writing Contest  conducted by the Oregon Christian Writers. I felt honored to have my book judged high enough to … Continue reading

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Responses to Tragedy II

Tragedy happens all around us. Last week a man gunned down four of our US Marines at two US Navy training centers in Chattanooga, TN. One sailor later died.  Five families and military brothers (and sisters) mourn. In their honor, … Continue reading

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Responses to Tragedy

No day goes by without TV, Internet, and Radio reporting tragedy. Not just one, but many. Over and over bad news so inundates us, that “news” takes on the definition = Bad News. As I write, one headline refers to … Continue reading

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Chaos II

With our desire for control–even need for it, what do we do when confronted with circumstances over which we have no control? The sudden death of a loved one; the birth of a child who is handicapped; your unexpected diagnosis … Continue reading

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Chaos

We are creatures of control. We like predictability, habit, and, if possible, certainty. Take medicine, for example. Here is one profession dedicated to enabling us to control our health, avoid disease, and extend life. Living with uncertainty, confusion, and chaos … Continue reading

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Writing About Job I

  Do you know how to write a book? If not, I want to share with you some of the steps I took to give birth to a new work of non-fiction. I trace the seed back to my graduate … Continue reading

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When Friends Criticize

Eliphaz Job 15:4 (Jewish Publication Society text, 1980) When we suffer tragedy, our hearts break with helpless frustration along with our inconsolable grief. In Job’s speech of chapters 12 – 14, he scorns his three wisdom colleagues for treating him as … Continue reading

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As Up-To-Date As Tomorrow’s Paper

Yesterday, September 11, I noticed more American flags flying that usual, some at half-staff. We want to remember the national tragedy we suffered thirteen years ago, from the hands of violent men. Scripture does not gloss over tragedy, personal, or national. … Continue reading

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When God Attacks (Or Seems To)

Recently I visited a cousin in Maine. As she and her husband drove home, a foreign driver without insurance ran a double red flashing light just a few yards from their house. He demolished their car, rolling it over. My … Continue reading

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