Tuesday Reflections: The Problem With Pain (For Holy Week)

Most Tuesdays, I offer brief reflections, and for the bulk of 2016, I’ve been exploring the Problem of Pain.

In the Church calendar, this week is Holy Week, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. It’s a week to look at the darkest hour–the hour humanity murdered God–but it’s also a time to explore the promise of pain. (Psst–resurrection is coming.) Come along?

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The Christ rode in on an ass’s foal, the people lining the streets, shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of th...