We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Dr. Abraham Verghese teaches medical students at Stanford University's School of Medicine. But he has another ...

God’s covenant with Abraham is depicted in a medieval illustration from a manuscript from around the 13th century, Rudolf von Ems’ depiction in the Weltchronik (World History).

When things in life don’t make sense, we tend to hold on to beliefs and lean on reason at the same time. Dr Abraham Verghese’s writing goes deeper into this very complexity of the human condition.