I just finished reading “Finding an Unseen God” by Alicia Britt Chole.  Alicia, in her youth, formed some harsh beliefs about God, or rather her belief in the non-existence of God.  She was a die hard atheist.

Then one day while visiting a church with the “Bowheads”, a nickname she gave to 2 young Christian girls who always wore bows in their hair, she had a change of heart.  More precisely, she had a life changing spiritual experience with God.

In this book, she chronicles her personal life at home, her struggles in school and her continual denial of God. Though her story is interesting, I really struggled with keeping my interest.  Each chapter alternated between her story and her reflections on Atheism, making it difficult to follow.  The chapters about her personal life tend to jump all around adding to my confusion.

The thing that pulled it all together was the fact that the chapters were short which allowed me to read in short bursts, while cooking, doing laundry and relaxing at home.  She tells a story that really struck a chord deep within me. She was in college, and started debating with a Muslim man about religion. When there was a pause in conversation, he commented that “followers of Jesus were supposed to love people.” She then realized that winning an argument mattered little.  It’s stories like these that really held my interest.  Overall, despite the story jumping around in time, Alicia offered some real nuggest of truth in her book.

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