Rabbi Harold Kushner addresses this issue in “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” which questions why, if there is a God, would bad things happen to those following his will? Kushner ...

“When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, had been published earlier that year, and I first read it in the context of my friend’s illness and death. It was — as ...

Rabbi Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. My wife Karin is a much more practically-minded, down-to-earth person than I am. So when she was diagnosed in 2005 in her late thirties ...

Why do bad things happen to good people? This is probably the most frequent question I’ve been asked in the months since I was diagnosed with stage 4 genetic mesothelioma cancer with small ...

bad guys, that sometimes good people do bad things, that no one should be defined only by the worst thing they’ve done, and that people who’ve done horrible things are always capable of ...

Four years after Aaron’s death, Kushner published his own response to this question; the book, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” became an international bestseller. Kushner went on to ...

At the same time, our culture is filled with pictures of happy ... Inside, we believe bad things happen to bad people. This idea leads us to blame ourselves, even when we know it isn’t our ...

Why do good things happen to bad people? Look carefully. Is that the question you thought it was or have the words been turned around? At first glance you may have thought it said, Why do bad ...

A lot of people fail to realize that bad things can happen to them. Maybe they feel that if they don't think about bad things, then it's impossible for bad things to happen to them. If you are ...