About the Book:
Popular writer Lore Ferguson Wilbert has belonged to Christian communities that discouraged curiosity. The point of the Christian life was to have the right answers, and asking questions reflected a wavering faith. But Wilbert came to discover that the Bible is a permission slip to anyone who wants to ask questions.
Reflecting her own theological trajectory toward a more contemplative, expansive faith, Wilbert invites readers to foster curiosity as a spiritual habit. This book explores questions God asks us, questions we ask God, and questions we ask each other. Christianity is not about knowing good answers, says Wilbert, but about asking good questions--ones that foster deeper intimacy with God and others.
A Curious Faith invites readers to go beyond pat answers and embrace curiosity, rather than certainty, as a hallmark of authentic faith. Foreword by Seth Haines.
My Review:
Wilbert explores questions, ones God asks of us and ones we ask of God. While some parts of the book were not as interesting as others, I was impressed with Wilbert's honesty in her feelings about God. Why does God seem to be missing when we need Him the most? Why is it, we know we have not turned our back on God yet it seems He has turned His back on us?
I like Wilbert's insights on the struggle of what we know intellectually about God and faith and the way we functionally act. She writes of knowing God's character yet not feeling it in our bodies and spirits. She has a very good illustration using a blind man. Even thought he cannot see the world he knows it is there. In the same way, even though we are not able to see God, we know He is there. Even though we cannot experience Him as we'd like, we don't get the answers we want, we know at the end of the day, He is there and He loves us.
My rating: 4/5 stars.
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(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)
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