In writing Reluctant Pilgrim I wanted to tell the truth as I knew it, that the haunting and the searching for God so often feels like a game of hide and seek and sometimes it is difficult to tell who is doing the hiding or the seeking. I also wanted to share the tension that exists between passionately longing for glimpses of the holy while being passionately immersed in a fleshy, messy world full of proverbial bright lights and dark alleys.
Anyone who claims that the road to God is smooth and crisis-free is most likely on the wrong road. Faith and hope are not for the weak of heart. Yet, I believe that the journey is still worth it even if we find ourselves trudging along lonely and doubting at times, bored and smart-mouthed at times, exhausted and recalcitrant at times. Chances are, we will run into other reluctant pilgrims and somehow find strength and joy enough in that to continue
