New Book

Des gave me a book recently called The Gospel According to Moses - What my Jewish Friends Taught Me About Jesus.

I haven't had a lot of time to read since I got it, but what I HAVE been able to read has been very refreshing. Here's a passage that is talking about how God loves an honest question and he's ready to give an answer to all our questions:

"Asking is not doubting. It is trusting."

"It takes more faith to ask than it takes to fear the asking. It takes faith to be ready for whatever answer comes, and faith to persevere with more questions if the answer is not understood. Asking an honest question means being ready to change in response to the answer, and short of martyrdom, change may be the ultimate act of faith."

"If I feel a need to ask a question because of a loving desire to draw closer to God, I should ask in as many ways as possible, even if the only answer is repeated silence. So long as I so not attribute that silence to a deficiency on God's part, merely asking can be a learning experience."

It's one of those books that needs a lot of digestion.

I'm enjoying the chomping in the meantime.