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Everything Happens

by Liesl Coffin Behr

The problem of suffering is one of the greatest challenges for the minds of all believers, and the logical and moral problems it poses are perhaps the greatest sources of unbelief for many. While theologians have consecrated volumes to this complex subject, our popular desire for answers and reasons result in a shallow set of commonly repeated tropes—that everything happens for a reason, that God has a plan, that it’s all for the better.

Liesl Coffin Behr

Liesl Coffin Behr is a writer and editor living in France and the  Managing Editor of The Wheel. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the School of Languages and Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (ELCOA) at the Catholic Institute of Paris (ICP).

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