Facing Tragedy

By: Mike Mazzalongo     Posted: Mon. Jan 26th
Discussion Questions
  1. Why is it often easier to speak than to listen when tragedy strikes, and what spiritual discipline might reverse that habit?
  2. In what ways does "presence" communicate more effectively than explanations during times of grief?
  3. How can personal prayer transform a tragedy we cannot understand into an experience that draws us nearer to God?
Sources
  • ChatGPT (GPT-5), Exchange and Revision with Mike Mazzalongo, December 4, 2025.
  • N.T. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God (HarperOne, 2006).
  • C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed (HarperCollins, 1961).
  • Frederick Buechner, A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory (Zondervan, 2017).
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