On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted World

Few questions come up as often in hard seasons as why. In this collection, Elisabeth Elliot shares short meditations written from her own experience with loss, illness and uncertainty. She takes up the ordinary passing of another year as well as heavier subjects such as funerals, abortion and divorce, looking at each through the lens of faith. Her tone is personal and direct rather than abstract, and she argues that bringing hard questions to God need not push a believer away from him. Instead, she suggests, the search itself can lead toward trust and toward the answers a reader actually needs.