Perhaps nothing is more personal or challenging in the life of faith than how we understand God in the face of suffering, loss and the death of a loved one. 

This June, I got to share how my faith sustains me in those times. 

At an academic conference.

My first bit of summer travel was to a conference where I was giving a keynote presentation. The Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought (IARPT) is one of my favorite group of academic folk – mainly because I get to han...