Strong At the Broken Places:  Where is God in Suffering?

Strong At the Broken Places:  Where is 1God in Suffering? “Why does God allow suffering”? I’m guessing that, like me, you’ve often heard this question asked. Or perhaps you’ve asked this yourself. I certainly have. The question is a tough one, but an important one, too. Making meaning out of struggle is essential in the […]

Strong at the Broken Places:  Broken Open

Strong at the Broken Places is an often-quoted phrase in any discussion of spiritual growth and resilience. But what exactly does that mean? How does one become “strong at the broken places”? To begin our exploration, let’s look more closely at the original context of the phrase. Ernest Hemingway is the first writer to pen […]