Don’t Romanticize Suffering Following the Aurora Mass Shooting
Growth doesn’t just cancel out all the struggles of suffering.
Jamie D. Aten is executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College and author of “A Walking Disaster: What Surviving Katrina and Cancer Taught Me About Faith and Resilience.” He is also a spokesperson for Prayers & Action, which is committed to ending senseless gun violence and helping survivors.