Questions Welcomed

Some of us were taught to never question God. Indeed, some theologies say any questioning of God is a form of blasphemy. Others of us were taught to question everything, including God–perhaps especially to question God. But no matter how we were raised, when we are confronted with suffering — either our own or that of someone we love — it’s not a matter of if we question God, but when.

Strangely enough, the Old Testament gives us a folktale as a means to address human suffering: “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job.” Could God not give us something better than a folktale to deal with such an important issue as human suffering? And, then the New Testament seems to deal with Jesus’ suffering in the letter to the Hebrews by reminding us that Jesus was a priest. A priest? What does Jesus being a priest have to do with why people suffer or us questioning God?

As the days become shorter and cooler, we’ll spend the next couple of Sundays looking at the story of Job and the letter to the Hebrews to explore what they might have to say to us about Questioning the Unquestionable.

Join us in person on online for this engaging, thought-provoking series.