USE IT TO OPEN UP THEOLOGICAL CONVERSATIONS
How can a loving God allow this much suffering?
COVER VERSIONS
That version of ‘What Makes God Beautiful’ isn’t going to write itself.
SUGGEST THEY WEREN'T THAT GOOD ANYWAY
Warning: this may result in your being physically assaulted by still-grieving young people.
SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING
‘Yes I know it’s the worst thing to ever happen. Yes it will be difficult to go on, to get yourself energised for school, to get out of bed, to take that Louis mask off… but you have to keep going.’
OFFER HOPE
When Zayn left the band earlier this year, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking offered this advice, which still rings true: ‘My advice to any heartbroken young girl is to pay close attention to the study of theoretical physics, because one day there may well be proof of multiple universes. It would not be beyond the realms of possibility that somewhere outside of our own universe lies another different universe – and in that universe, Zayn is still in One Direction,’ or in this case, One Direction are still going somewhere inside a black hole.
PRAY FOR RESURRECTION
If we truly believe in a God of miracles, then it’s time to put it to the test. If he raised Lazarus, why not Niall’s hope of a career?
LOOK TO THE FUTURE
If God uses all things for the good of those who love him, that must mean their solo albums are going to be really great.
WAIT FOR THE COMEBACK
‘For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from…’ the inevitable 2018 reunion tour.
DISTRACT THEM
Aren’t 5 Seconds of Summer basically the same band anyway?
