Searching for God Knows What

This is a superb book which I've (almost) finished reading now. It's a refreshing reminder that the message of Jesus is first and foremost that we need to be in a right relationship with God and all the other junk that comes with 'religion' - superior morality, comparing ourselves to others, trying to force others to be more like us - is just that. Junk.

Donald Miller describes how humans, without God, have a 'lifeboat' mentality. We're all stuck in the lifeboat, desperately trying to persuade the rest of the lifeboat we're valuable and shouldn't be thrown overboard. As long as there's someone else in the lifeboat who's lesser than me, further down the worthiness scale, then I can feel safe and derive some pride. The problem is this isn't how we we 'wired' by God. We should be depending on him for our feeling of self-worth. But we don't and consequently we're never completely fulfilled and will envy others...

This is a thought-provoking book that asks questions like: "When did you last see an ugly person on the cover of a worship CD?" I bought it at a CLC bookshop and it's available through Amazon too.