Thursday Thinking - Returning to Faith

As a young adult, bestselling author and journalist, Malcolm Gladwell (Blink, Outliers, Tipping Point), walked away from the Christianity he knew as a boy growing up with his family in Ontario. Recently, however, while writing his latest book, David and Goliath, he rediscovered and returned to Christian faith.

In an article just published in Relevant Magazine, Gladwell talks about his journey and just what it was that pulled him back to the possibility and promise of the Gospel.

Excerpt from "How I Rediscovered Faith"
Relevant Magazine (January/February 2014)

I was raised in a Christian home in Southwestern Ontario. My parents took time each morning to read the Bible and pray. Both my brothers are devout. My sister-in-law is a Mennonite pastor. I have had a different experience from the rest of my family. I was the only one to move away from Canada. And I have been the only one to move away from the Church.

I attended Washington Community Fellowship when I lived in Washington D.C. But once I moved to New York, I stopped attending any kind of religious fellowship. I have often wondered why it happened that way: Why had I wandered off the path taken by the rest of my family?

What I understand now is that I was one of those people who did not appreciate the weapons of the spirit. I have always been someone attracted to the quantifiable and the physical...

I have always believed in God. I have grasped the logic of Christian faith. What I have had a hard time seeing is God’s power.

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