Check out my advice on praying for those with "incurable conditions" in this Leadership Journal article. I wrote this with pastors and church leaders in mind, but anyone praying for a person with a serious medical condition may find it helpful.
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Click here for Brock Tozer's Wednesday Bookmark interview with J. Todd Billings, author of Rejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with Incurable Cancer and Life in Christ....
Penetratingly Honest and Expansively Hopeful
What do a poet and a theologian have to say about being diagnosed with incurable cancer in the prime of life? Listen to the conversation between famous American poet Christian Wiman and Reformed theologian J. Todd Billings....
“God’s story does not annihilate our personal stories, but God incorporates us into a larger drama in which darkness will not have the final word,” Billings says. “This leaves us with raw, unanswered questions. But it also points us toward a durable hope.”
Click here to read the interview with Publisher's Weekly....
In this Pro Ecclesia article, I set forth my vision for a theology that is both Catholic and Reformed:
J. Todd Billings, “Catholic and Reformed: Rediscovering a Tradition,” Pro Ecclesia 23:2 [2014] 132-46.
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