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@selah-chelyah I do agree with you. He is the source of ultimate good–and sometimes that ultimate good doesn’t turn out the way that we want it to. I believe that helping people see the pain that others are in *does* give God glory because it may help someone realize that they need to change the way they’re treating others. It may alleviate someone’s suffering and convict them for their actions. And for someone who identifies with the pain, who didn’t have a happy ending, then they can see that they are seen, they are heard, they are understood.

When I write with God in the story–and I do for a lot of my stories–I want the spiritual journeys to be authentic, full of real questions and real doubts. When I didn’t understand theology, I wrote a lot of weird stuff that really ended up hurting others more than it helped–like when you put trite explanations for difficult things. All that to say that I don’t necessarily think God has to be mentioned to be glorified. 🙂 yeah, it helps–but seeing the name of God can turn people off immediately. Yeah, some books I write are directed toward Christians, challenging them in their faith, but others aren’t. Why not examine difficult issues in a way that non-Christians can appreciate too? I don’t just want to preach at people. I want to identify with them in their suffering. That’s my view on it. I could be wrong. 🙂