{"id":299,"date":"2020-02-19T18:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T18:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2025-05-29T17:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:47:51","slug":"when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people-by-harold-kushner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"When Bad Things Happen to Good People<\/em> by Harold Kushner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People<\/em> by Harold Kushner<\/h1>\n

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Harold Kushner<\/em><\/p>\n

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Harold Kushner is a rabbi from the Boston area who wrote this book after his young son died from progeria<\/a><\/strong>, \u00a0a rare and incurable congenital condition that causes early and irreversible signs of aging in a child.\u00a0He found that although trained in a healing profession he was utterly unable to come to grips with the tragedy thrust upon him. This experience — and the opportunity to write about it — changed both his theology and his worldview<\/strong>, and he has gone on to share that journey with countless people around the world.<\/p>\n

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Personal connection<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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I have read this book at least 3 times as well as three of his later volumes, and I saw him speak in Minneapolis in 2012 (to listen to that speech click\u00a0here).\u00a0“When Good Things …” has been a great comfort to me in times of depression and uncertainty. I find it always strengthens my faith and clears my head around making the best of this life. After his\u00a0speech in Minneapolis, I spoke with him briefly and he autographed\u00a0copies of his most recent manuscripts, The Book of Job<\/a> and\u00a0Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned About Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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