In times of trouble, people often seem fond of asking where God is. Now, I haven’t actually heard anyone pose that question in the midst of the troubled days we are presently enduring. But it is a safe bet that someone, somewhere out there, has done so.

Perhaps part of the trouble is not that God is far away… indeed, He is as close as he ever has been. The trouble is that we don’t always know where to look for Him, or how to see Him when He is right in front of us.

For the past two mor...