Embodied Hope
A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering

this book feels like someone who has entered into my personal experience of pain/hardship & sat beside me in it, refusing to offer an explanation or attempt to fix but instead pointing to the tangible hope experienced through the necessary process of lament and leading me to the Man of Sorrows Himse......more

One of the most awkward moments you can ever face is to walk into a hospice, a hospital room, or a home and get bombarded with “why” questions: why pain, why this catastrophe, why this decline and death. What truly makes it clumsy is to then start waxing eloquent about the problem of evil and pain a......more

First sentence: This book will make no attempt to defend God. I will not try to justify God or explain away the physical suffering in this world. Instead, I wrestle with nagging questions about our lives, our purpose, and our struggles. How should we live in the midst of this pain-soaked world? How......more

Kapic's book on theological meditations on pain and suffering is an excellent resources both for counselors and laypeople to gain a deeper understanding behind how best we are to react to pain and suffering in the Christian community. While the author wrote this book on physical pain it can be easil......more

Kapic writes this book as one walking alongside those physically suffering and broken, acknowledging their pain, and pointing them to Christ - the One Who willingly entered into physical suffering for them. It is saturated with Scripture and theological truth that leaves the reader encouraged and mo......more