An avid reader as a child, at some point I remember being intrigued by a rather simple discovery: that most of the really interesting people in life came from difficult circumstances. I don’t remember any notable personalities, artists, writers, etc., emerging from the antiseptic world of suburban America (or any nicely developed stretch of society). Suffering, it turns out, is the thing that churns up the sediment of the soul, leaves us uneasy, forces us to consider life through different…
Suffering as an Offering
October 28, 2014