Why Does God Allow Suffering?

If God is good and powerful, why this? It's the most common question people ask about faith, and for most of us it isn't abstract. It has a name, a date, a hospital ward.

You won't find tidy answers here, because tidy answers insult real pain. These talks wrestle honestly with unanswered prayer, and with a God who walks through the storm rather than always stopping it. The question is welcome. So are you.