Contents: Before you enter -- Assessing what sufferers seek -- Answers to the theological "why me?" -- Theodicy : the problem of evil -- Karl Barth speaks out on evil -- Pastoral care : where theology touches down -- Ministry in the trenches -- Now that the funeral's over -- A plea for mystery.
Why? Why? Why? -- The Message from Stephen and Paul -- A Crack in the Curtain -- The Museum in Heaven: Rectangle A -- The Museum's Other Section: Rectangle B - Cracked Teapots -- "Tribulation Worketh Patience" -- The Refining Process -- School for Comforters -- Affliction and Evangelism-Affliction and Guidance -- Aborting Affliction -- Practicing Contentment or What Comes Next?
Contents: First words : be still and know -- The silence of God. Silence : the sound of infinity ; Distraction : when life outshouts God ; Contradiction : conflicting voices ; Mystery : a whisper of purpose ; Language : translating the transcendent -- The voice of God. Creation : a muffled voice ; Scripture : a sure & certain voice ; Christ : the Word became flesh ; Spirit : inside interpreter …