Many Christian theologians go so far as to say God suffers with us. They see that as a primary meaning in the symbolism of the cross. Process theology says that God transmutes the evil and suffering in the world into good. When suffering happens, whether inflicted by human evil or as a result of nature laws, God is always there, luring us toward a new vision of wholeness. It is God, in their view, that invites us to be compassionate and loving.
Process theology offers two forms of immortality.
We, and everything in the universe, are contained in God. We are in God and God is in us. Subjective mortality is offered by some thinkers, basically as some form of survival of an individual soul. Ian Barbour, who teaches both physics and religion at Carleton College believes the model of god presented by Process Theism is the most compatible with today's scientific knowledge. We need to use diverse models so that we do not fall into the idolatry of taking any one model of God too literally.