All Shall Be Well: Conversations With Women In The Academy And Beyond

“I don’t know how any intelligent woman can stay in a church where her gifts are not recognized and utilized."  — Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra Listen in on an exclusive peek into our fall book club as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Jasmine Obeyesekere conducts an online discussion with author and theologian Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra where they discuss suffering, hope, and the Christian life. hope look like? Dr. Vinoth Ramachandra invites us to be honest with the pain we experience, both personally and in our world. He shows us that walking with God includes the apparent paradox of lamenting, questioning, and living with uncertainty alongside our joy, faith, and assurance.  He shows us how suffering is at the heart of God and fleshes out the nature of Christian hope. I’m especially encouraged by the idea of “hope as struggle” as we long for and work towards God’s future amid the brokenness in our world.   Dr. Ramachandra is a lay theologian, writer, teacher, and human rights advocate born and based