We flatter ourselves sometimes, imagining that our pains, struggles and sorrows are evidence that we are dealing with the “real world,” while religious people are indulging childish fantasies about angels and friends in heaven.

It really doesn’t matter what the event is. It can be a positive and uplifting event like a marriage, a birth, or a graduation. It can also be a defeating and disappointing event – like a divorce, a death, or an illness. Connect it to the person and work of Jesus, and it can change the world.