Troubled times on a troubled subcontinent

Russ Gerber with contributions from Scott Baldauf

IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER of reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, Sentinel Radio managing editor Russ Gerber spoke with Christian Science Monitor South Asian correspondent Scott Baldauf.

The brutality of war strongly suggests that evil is inevitable and just about everywhere. How are you able to report on atrocities, or tough situations, and still maintain your own conviction that God was there?

It can be very difficult, of course, to see the pain of people when we come into an are where, for instance, there may have been a bombing, and civilians have been killed, or you [meet] with refugees who've been forced out and have encountered hateful actions against them. It does bring out not just compassion, but it really forces you to say, "Now, wait a minute! Is this what is really part of the creation that I understand [exists]?" God created the world, created His children in His own "image and likeness," and that image and likeness is good.

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