Seen in the Suffering

Mar 15, 2026  •  The Rev. Billy Cerveny

Why do we suffer, especially when we pray and things get worse? A family travel ordeal of delays and missed connections opens John 9, where the disciples treat a man born blind as a theological puzzle. Jesus answers not with an explanation but with mud and spit that echo God forming Adam from the dust, and when the healed man is thrown out, Jesus seeks him again, seeing the person before the problem.