Dave and Jon Ferguson's Finding Your Way Back to God: 5 Awakenings to Your New Life
is one of those books in the Christian life I so wanted to read, only
to discover the tragedy it is. This is a book that left me disappointed
to say the least.
Finding Your Way Back to God is based on the premise that we humans are constantly hungry for God, yet in the midst of our search, find ourselves actually drawn away from God. The thesis is that God wants to be found, if we but utilize the appropriate tools for finding God in meaningful ways. And when we do, the meaning, love and significance for which we crave might be found.
Sadly, though, Finding Your Way Back to God embraces the individualism and privitism that is at the heart of cultural Christianity that embraces more of what our culture promises than the depth of Christian spirituality. Because the idea here is to progress, using the right program, to getting to God. It's a book filled with personal stories, but there's a noticeable paucity of the thousands of years of spiritual wisdom that has guided Christians in deeping their discipleship. That privitism and individualism are reinforced in a way that sees spirituality as something that is divorced from the other practices of being Christian in the world -- worship, service, prayer, holy conversation, etc.
So ultimately, Finding Your Way Back to God left me craving too much. Because what I found here wasn't a means for deepening my discipleship with Jesus. Instead, it only reinforced the poor cultural habits that draw us further from God.
I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.
Finding Your Way Back to God is based on the premise that we humans are constantly hungry for God, yet in the midst of our search, find ourselves actually drawn away from God. The thesis is that God wants to be found, if we but utilize the appropriate tools for finding God in meaningful ways. And when we do, the meaning, love and significance for which we crave might be found.
Sadly, though, Finding Your Way Back to God embraces the individualism and privitism that is at the heart of cultural Christianity that embraces more of what our culture promises than the depth of Christian spirituality. Because the idea here is to progress, using the right program, to getting to God. It's a book filled with personal stories, but there's a noticeable paucity of the thousands of years of spiritual wisdom that has guided Christians in deeping their discipleship. That privitism and individualism are reinforced in a way that sees spirituality as something that is divorced from the other practices of being Christian in the world -- worship, service, prayer, holy conversation, etc.
So ultimately, Finding Your Way Back to God left me craving too much. Because what I found here wasn't a means for deepening my discipleship with Jesus. Instead, it only reinforced the poor cultural habits that draw us further from God.
I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.
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