The Trinity Temple

  Dear friends, There are wounds that are visible, and there are wounds that nobody else can see. A broken bone can be examined. A cut can be treated. A bruise can eventually disappear. But what happens when someone wounds your heart? What happens when someone betrays you? What happens when someone lies about you? What happens when someone humiliates you? What happens when someone abandons you when you needed them? What happens when someone you trusted becomes the person who hurts you? And what happens when the wound is so deep that every time you think about that person, anger rises again? You may say: “I don't want to hate them anymore, but I don't know how to stop.” Perhaps you have tried. You told yourself to forget. You tried to forgive. You prayed. You avoided them. You talked about what happened. But the anger keeps returning. Sometimes you imagine what you wish you had said. Sometimes you imagine them finally understanding what they did. Sometimes you want them to suffe...

Dear friends, There are questions that human beings can answer with facts. What time is it? How far is the moon? How does a seed grow? But there are other questions that do not surrender so easily. One of the oldest and deepest is this: Why do good people suffer? Why does a kind person become sick? Why does an honest person lose everything? Why does a faithful person experience tragedy? Why does someone who tries to live well encounter betrayal? Why does a cruel person sometimes seem to prosper while an innocent person suffers? Why does tragedy strike people who appear undeserving? And perhaps the hardest question of all: If God is good, why doesn't He stop suffering? These questions are not merely philosophical. They become painfully personal. A person loses a child. Someone is betrayed by a spouse. A family loses its home. A good person develops a terrible illness. Someone works honestly for years and still struggles financially. A person who spends their life helping others is t...