The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

We must reacquaint ourselves with the biblical weight of the problem that we less-than-perfect human beings contend with in the face of a holy and righteous God.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.