{"product_id":"nothing-wasted-a-five-book-collection-on-suffering-and-hope","title":"Nothing Wasted: A Five-Book Collection on Suffering and Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSave 25% on the complete collection. Five books, $58.99.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou didn't sign up for this. The diagnosis, the loss, the season that won't lift. Eventually you find yourself asking a question that isn't philosophical, it's personal. \u003cem\u003eWhat is this for?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Christian answer is a strange one. It isn't \"everything happens for a reason,\" and it isn't \"there's no reason at all.\" It's that our suffering, joined to Christ's suffering, actually \u003cem\u003edoes\u003c\/em\u003e something. The pain isn't erased, and it isn't explained away, but neither is it wasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese five books come at that claim from five different angles: philosophy, the counsel of a saint, the research of a psychologist, the basic architecture of the faith, and the daily practice of trusting God. Read together, they make a small library for anyone in the middle of something hard, or for anyone trying to help someone who is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scepterpublishers.org\/products\/trusting-god-in-the-present?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=7286a7de2\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003eTrusting God in the Present\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Fr. Jacques Philippe ($9.99)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e56 pages from one of the great living spiritual directors, on the only day you can actually trust God in: this one. Peace of heart in turbulent times, in a voice that never rushes you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scepterpublishers.org\/collections\/upcoming-titles\/products\/crucibles-how-faith-and-science-help-us-navigate-suffering\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrucibles (PREORDER - Ships September 8, 2026.)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Ben Baran, Ph.D. ($19.95)\u003cbr\u003eAfter the death of his son, Baran, a Navy rear admiral and organizational psychologist, went looking for answers in both his faith and his field. The result braids St. John Paul II with research on resilience, and stories from Antarctic explorers, Holocaust survivors, soldiers, and saints. Raw, credible, hopeful. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scepterpublishers.org\/products\/the-god-of-joy-and-the-problem-of-pain?variant=46653361094833\"\u003eThe God of Joy and the Problem of Pain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Jorge Ordeig Corsini ($15.95)\u003cbr\u003eThe hardest question, met head-on. A priest and philosopher takes up why a good God permits evil, whether suffering carries meaning, and what it means to believe in a God of joy while the world grieves. Clear, compassionate, and unafraid of the question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scepterpublishers.org\/products\/blessed-be-pain?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=d75574c42\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003eBlessed Be Pain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Miguel Angel Monge ($16.95)\u003cbr\u003eSt. Josemaría Escrivá said the diamond gets cut; the pebble is left alone. This short book gathers his teaching on sickness and suffering and its central conviction: that our crosses, united to Christ's, make us co-redeemers with him. 84 pages you'll return to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scepterpublishers.org\/collections\/new-releases\/products\/preorder-the-four-first-things-foundations-for-a-deeper-life-with-god?variant=47223241277617\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Four First Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eby Joseph S. Reel ($15.95)\u003cbr\u003eWhen suffering shakes the foundations, you need to know what the foundations are. Four essential principles for a life with God, including where suffering and evil actually fit in a world he made and loves. Short, direct, built to be reread.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scepter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47710228512945,"sku":"10210","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1193\/5190\/files\/SufferingKit_6971f499-de0c-489c-a4b2-23648e70618b.png?v=1784127113","url":"https:\/\/scepterpublishers.org\/products\/nothing-wasted-a-five-book-collection-on-suffering-and-hope","provider":"Scepter Publishers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}