Author(s): Roger Houseden

Motivation

What is faith? It is not something we must receive from a religion, nor is it a quality we must abandon in order to become rational. 'Faith, ' writes bestselling author Roger Housden, 'implies a basic trust in the way life weaves its patterns-an awareness that is not passive or fatalistic, but actively engaged with and accepting all of life's twists and turns.' At a time when more and more people self-identify as 'spiritual but not religious, ' Housden offers us a way to recognize and embrace the extraordinary mystery of our lives without resorting to dogmatic beliefs or nihilistic scientis