By Jacob Baker Always look for the helpers. There’s always someone who is trying to help. —Fred Rogers I feel fortunate to call Jerilyn a friend, although this is a rather common relationship since there are literally thousands who claim the same. I first heard of her on social media, an increasingly prominent name …
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Arrayed in Silence, I Gave Him Nothing: An Apologue of an Encounter with the Almighty God
By Jacob Baker Art by Galen Dara I am an instrument already rotten. I am too worn out. And even if I believed in the possibility of God’s consenting to repair the mutilations of my nature, I could not bring myself to ask it of him. Such a request would seem to me an offense …
Theologizing in the Presence of Burning Children: From Theodicy to Lament
By Jacob Baker The attempt to justify the Christian (or Mormon) God in the face of overwhelming evil and suffering is known among philosophers and theologians as the problem of evil. Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus formulated an early version of the problem: “Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does …