In light of the Myanmar cyclone, First Things has republished “Tsunami and Theodicy” by David B. Hart which was originally written as a response to the 2004 tsunami.

And while we know that the victory over evil and death has been won, we know also that it is a victory yet to come, and that creation therefore, as Paul says, groans in expectation of the glory that will one day be revealed. Until then, the world remains a place of struggle between light and darkness, truth and falsehood, life and death; and, in such a world, our portion is charity.