Where the Hell Is God?

Combines professional insights along with the author's own experience and insights to speculate on how believers can make sense of their Christian faith when confronted with tragedy and suffering. Title Page Copyright Page Contents FOREWORD by James Martin, SJ PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: God Is Not Out to Get Us CHAPTER TWO: We Grow through Pain, but It Is Not Sent to Make Us Grow CHAPTER THREE: And Now Let’s Cross to God the Weatherman. Can We Stop Praying for Rain? CHAPTER FOUR: We Are Invited to Respond to God’s Love, Not Forced or Programmed by It CHAPTER FIVE: God Did That to His Only Beloved Son, Maybe I’m Getting off Lightly CHAPTER SIX: “Thus Have We Made the World” CHAPTER SEVEN: When Your Time Is Up, Your Time Is Up, and You Don’t Get a Second More CONCLUSION SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY