Reviews for Suffering and the Courage of God: Exploring How Grace and Suffering Meet

The average rating for Suffering and the Courage of God: Exploring How Grace and Suffering Meet based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-04-08 00:00:00 Nichole Garratano A personal and insightful invitation to suffer redemptively. Robert Corin Morris knows suffering. He shares eloquently his story of depression and bipolar disorder and gives us the light he found in that "mothering Dark." Prayer, as an openness to God's presence in all of our pain, was elemental in his survival. The courage of God in God's suffering, especially in Jesus, gives us courage. But it takes practice. We must not only change our minds but we must practice loving, understanding and enjoying the presence of God to embrace the darkness as a place of communion with God. -Ben

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-12 00:00:00 Tina Potts This book is presented by two Latino authors who struggle with what it means to be of Spanish/Hispanic descent and to be American, especially when many Hispanic families have actively tried assimilating into the dominant American culture. For me, as a person of Puerto Rican descent whose mother avoided everything Puerto Rican in raising me so that I would not need to face the same discrimination that she did growing up in this country, the book is a powerful introduction to the theologies and philosophies that can help navigate the two worlds effectively and claim a new identity. I no longer need to be ashamed of learning Spanish as a 2nd language nor do I need to feel less-than because I share Puerto Rican cultural interests and characteristics. For anyone who has no background in Latino/a culture, this is still a must-read in some ways. The authors do an excellent job of not only introducing the reader to the theologies that make up Latino thought but also the situations and life circumstances that inform those theologies. American Manifest Destiny is still alive and well in this country and, generally, Hispanics are the ones paying the price. Read the book to see how atrocious the situation is for us.