Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

This past week, I came upon this phrase, “Easter reminds us that some of God’s best work happens when the world is darkest.”  That phrase had deep meaning for me as we are presently living in a metaphorically dark time.  With COVID-19 raging throughout the world, we are experiencing a real time of darkness as we live with much uncertainty, disruption, loss, fear, grief, and doubt. And, yet, as we experience this form of darkness, the message of Easter reminds us that God has the last word and God is at work when the world seems to be at its darkest. When we experience times like this, we tend to experience more doubt. We question God’s presence to us and with us, and we ask the question, “Where is God in all of what is happening?”  We ask this because we cannot always see what God is doing as we experience pain. And, we often are afraid to be honest about the fact that we have doubt.  However, as theologian Paul Tillich suggests, doubt is a very necessary element in faith. In fact, a living faith includes dou