For many people who live outside of South Asia, the effects of the earthquake and tsunami that killed over 225,000 people in late December may seem far away in every sense of the word. But the questions raised by this event and others like it can hit much closer to home.
Shortly after the disaster, Beliefnet.com, a well-known spirituality website, ran an article by Rodger Kamenetz that asked, "Was God in This Disaster?" His answer: "I don't believe that a mass disaster, in and of itself, tells us anything about God. ...
Nobel Prize recipient and former Anglican Archbishop for South Africa Desmond Tutu: "God does not abandon us in our moments of need."
