A Curious Faith: The Questions God Asks, We Ask, and We Wish Someone Would Ask Us

Written by Lore Ferguson Wilbert and Seth Haines

Narrated by Lore Ferguson Wilbert

God created us curious. We innately wonder about the world, one another, ourselves, and God. But technology, fear of the unknown, cultural taboos, or even church leaders can smother our curiosity.
Popular writer Lore Ferguson Wilbert has belonged to Christian communities that discouraged curiosity. The point of the Christian life was to have the right answers, and asking questions reflected a wavering faith. But Wilbert came to discover that the Bible is a permission slip to anyone who wants to ask questions.

Reflecting her own theological trajectory toward a more contemplative, expansive faith, Wilbert invites listeners to foster curiosity as a spiritual habit. This book explores questions God asks us, questions we ask God, and questions we ask each other. Christianity is not about knowing good answers, says Wilbert, but about asking good questions-ones that foster deeper intimacy with God and others.

A Curious Faith invites listeners to go beyond pat answers and embrace curiosity, rather than certainty, as a hallmark of authentic faith. Foreword by Seth Haines.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ChristianAudio.com
• Release date: Sep 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781545921357

Lore Ferguson Wilbert

Lore Ferguson Wilbert is the author of A Curious Faith and Handle with Care, which won a 2021 Christianity Today Book Award. She writes at lorewilbert.com. Wilbert has written for Christianity Today, Fathom magazine, and She Reads Truth and served as general editor of Broadman & Holmans's Read and Reflect with the Classics. She lives on a river flowing from the Adirondacks in New York with her husband.

Reviews for A Curious Faith

[Maureen Njenga · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I have always loved Lore Ferguson tender heart to her reader and listeners. Her vulnerabilty that always addresses the heart and ultimately points us to God. She is not quick to overlook the contentions of the heart as most theology tends to do and give blanket answers.
She peels each layer with compassion and truth until the root issue resurfaces.
Oh Lore, I would cheer you on with every book you write, every blog, every video. Such vulnerability is rare, you are rare and I am glad that you are!

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[insightsgal · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The structure of this book is posing some of the “big questions” such as “where is your faith” or “is it right to be angry” and then both sitting with those questions, reviewing some scriptural references, and then hearing the author’s personal stories. I frankly was expecting more of a theological book, wrestling with the big philosophical questions we all ask. I thought this due to the subtitle being, “The questions God asks, we ask, and we wish someone would ask us.” However, what I found between the covers was less than. The bulk of the book was how each of those questions related to stories in the author’s life. I really didn’t enjoy it and didn’t finish it to the end.

[cannonmad · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book was a wonderful gem to discover. The writer, Lore Ferguson Wilbert explores a series of questions throughout Scripture in a welcoming and moving way. Her honesty about her own pains and experiences invites her readers to probe their own lives in the same way. The book consisted of thirty-two short chapters, which are perfect for accompanying a daily devotional time. I received a copy of this book from the publisher. The opinions in this review are my own.