Category: Questions You’re Afraid to Ask
Questions You’re Afraid to Ask hosts articles where honest, grace-filled conversation about faith, doubt, and real life happen. Here, we name the questions people often carry in silence about God, Jesus, the church, suffering, justice, and belief – and explore them with Scripture, compassion, and truth, straight, no chaser.
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If God is Good, Why Does So Much Suffering Exist?
This question comes up a lot because of our lived experiences – especially from those who have experienced loss, injustice, and survival. My understanding of Process Theology teaches me that God is not a distant ruler who controls everything like a puppeteer holding strings, but rather that God is a loving presence working within a Read more
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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
This is one of the most honest questions of faith, especially for people whose lives have been shaped by struggle, injustice, and loss. My theological perspective is deeply informed by both Womanist Theology and Process Theology. From the perspective of Process Theology, God does not cause suffering or stand above it unmoved. Instead, God is Read more