The world might serve me a lifetime of hate, but I still believe in a God of love

Even in turbulent times, we serve a God of great hope, says Chine McDonald, as she reflects on what The Colour Purple taught her this Easter season

A few weeks ago, I sat in the darkness of the cinema and wept. I was watching the new film adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic book The Color Purple (Orion). It is a story of relentless suffering: sexual abuse, domestic violence, generational trauma and the injustice and cruelty of racism. It felt like being hit by wave after wave of trauma. I wondered: How it can be possible that a human being could survive such suffering?