An interviewer for the New York Times Magazine ran the following story about the faith of talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert:
In 1974, when Colbert was 10, his father, a doctor, and his brothers
Peter and Paul, the two closest to him in age, died in a plane crash while
flying to a prep school in New England. "There's a common explanation that
profound sadness leads to someone's becoming a comedian, but I'm not sure
that's a proven equation in my case," he told me. "I'm not bitter
about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping
me from being so." He added, in a tone so humble and sincere that his
character would never have used it: "She taught me to be grateful for my
life regardless of what that entailed, and that's directly related to the image
of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she
taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain— it's
that the pain is actually a gift. What's the option? God doesn't really give
you another choice."
Charles McGrath, "How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?" The
New York Times Magazine (4 January 2012)
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