Not God’s Type, An Atheist Academic Lays Down Her Arms by Holly
Ordway is a beautiful and amazing story.
As a child she thought there was no need to put a capital G when
spelling God, as an adult she saw ”faith
as nonsense” but felt “dissonance in my own life, in my understanding of the
world”. Ordway chronicles how she came
to belief from unbelief and eventually came to the fullness of truth when she
joined the Catholic Church.
As an academic and intellectual, Ordway comes to know God
through the power of reason. She learns
that a commitment to Jesus is not to be taken lightly nor is it easy. Her
realization that the “Christian life wasn’t something to be figured out, like a
philosophical crossword puzzle, but a reality to be experienced. This Jesus, whom I dared to begin to believe
had really been raised from the dead, said, “Follow me.”” is what leads her to
become a Christian.
Ordway shares with us the depths of her soul searching
journey quoting great literature and poetry.
She tells her story with honesty and candor. I read the book almost in one sitting and
when I was done, wanted to start it again right away. Ordway’s story shows us once again that there
is a God-shaped hole in each of us and we cannot run from the One who made us.
If you read only one book between now and the end of the year, make it this one!
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