Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

God is far too real to be met anywhere other than in reality.

When the dust clears and in the quiet of your own heart, what kind of God do you believe in, really? And why?

Our experiences of God matter—those sacred moments that defy the very rational capabilities we are so keen to rely on.

I'VE BEEN ON A JOURNEY of rediscovering the Bible and the God behind it for over thirty years and I don't see that journey ending any time soon.

I have come to think, as have so many others in the course of history, that the goal of Christian faith is the experience of God, not the comprehension of God.

This is how they connected with God—in their time, in their way.

Rather than providing us with information to be downloaded, the Bible holds out for us an invitation to join an ancient, well-traveled, and sacred quest to know God, the world we live in, and our place in it. Not abstractly, but intimately and experientially.

a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”

So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.