Glendon Harris* reported the tragic...
Glendon Harris* reported the tragic death of Alex Coffin, the son of the Rev. William Sloan Coffin, then pastor of Riverside Church in New York City. ln December 1982, Coffin's 21-year-old son died in an automobile accident. After the funeral, a woman said to Coffin, "I just don't understand God's will." Wilham Sloan Coffin replied, "I'll say you don't understand God's will, lady. Do you think it was the will of God that Alex never fixed that lousy windshield wiper, that Alex was probably driving too fast in such a storm, that Alex had probably had too much to drink?" ...