Ancient Greeks explained earthquakes by attributing them to Atlas shrugging. How else could they explain the overwhelming suffering, and vast damage that they saw after earthquakes shook their world? They knew there had to be some greater force at work. Today we know the science involved, the measurements and numbers but seeing the damage left by the earthquake this week in Haiti still leaves the world questioning the greater forces at work. As a follower of Christ, I know that God ordains the things that happen on this earth but I have really been struggling with all of this as I’ve seen the news coverage and heard the stories. But I also know that now Haiti is in the forefront of everyone’s minds and on the front page of every […]

My heart is just aching right now for the country of Haiti. They were hit with a 7.3 earthquake this afternoon ten miles outside of the capital of Port-au-Prince. There have been many aftershocks ever since. No casualty counts have been released but it looks to be catastrophic in terms of lives lost and damage to the country. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and already is full of people in desperate conditions. I can’t imagine the suffering that this will inflict on the country. It is hard for me as a follower of Christ not to ask why? why Haiti? why the poorest of the poor?  The questions of suffering are ones that I find myself now struggling with daily. In the U.S. we are sheltered from […]