I've been wondering whether or not we are capable of comprehending the will of God in our culture. Biblically speaking there are sacred stories told that speak of God withdrawing from the scene, and certainly within the individual spiritual journey of the soul, even Mother Teresa talked about "dark nights" and occasions of feeling abandoned and deserted by an absent God.
For believers, we affirm that the power of love and affection, of compassion and kindness, the striving for justice and the kind of peace that produces reconciliation and mutual forgiveness