No doubt, it can be a kind of “comfort” to interpret a peculiar suffering or tragedy as the mysterious outworking of God’s plan. As someone with incurable cancer I can sympathize better . . . .

Thanks so much for your generous feedback and your (in my estimation) crucial question. I think seminaries either intentionally or inadvertently send preachers out to congregations lack . . . .

Quite obviously you’ve read a sufficient amount of my writing to guess that flattery was a good gamble to get a response from me. I thank you all the same, and I’m being truthful when . . . .