Former dcf pastor Winn Collier’s new book, Holy Curiosity: Encountering Jesus’ Provocative Questions has hit the shelves!  Here’s some thoughts from Winn about Holy Curiosity:

This book has been percolating for a while, even while other projects have been released. This one took some time to work its way into my soul, to find its voice. In Restless Faith, I gave space to my honest questions about faith and God. However, I was drawn to Holy Curiosity when I began to realize that I wasn’t the only one with questions – Jesus had a few of his own, questions he would like to ask me. As I made my way through the Gospels, I was intrigued on multiple levels: 1) how Jesus often asked a question rather than providing an answer 2) how Jesus (God in flesh) could be truly curious – not using it as a ruse or simply a teaching technique, but truly curious 3) how this curiosity speaks to our deep human need for connection, for relationship – we humans simply aren’t curious enough of one another’s stories, and Jesus models for us another way.
So, I rummaged around 9 of Jesus’ questions (for example: Who Condemns You?, Why Are You Afraid?, My God, Why Have You Abandoned Me?, Are You Confused? What Do You Want?) and tried to hear them fresh, wondering what those questions would look like in my context, in my story. Where would these questions take me? How would I hear them, and what would I do with them?

You can purchase Holy Curiosity on Amazon.com, and Winn would love for you to write a review and tell your friends!  To find out more about Winn, visit WinnCollier.com.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am.
It was written by Justin Scott.