Nancy’s husband John is one of my favorite authors.  This is her fist book.  It wasn’t off the charts but it was a good book and definitely worth reading.  When I read a book like this one, I judge the book by how it stimulates me to think more about God, His goodness, His love, and His forgiveness.  I underline parts of the book that stimulate that type of thinking.  I never went more than a few pages in Looking for God without underlining significant portions of the writing.

My favorite chapter dealt with the salt and light passage found in Matthew chapter 5.  Nancy Ortberg points out that salt is not something that demands much attention.  In fact, we typically only notice it when it is missing.  She believes that being salt is simply a result of living a faithful, Godly life.  She points out that it was said of Mary that she found favor in God’s eyes.  She was probably a simple, peasant teen age girl.  We are never told that she had done anything spectacular in her life at that point.  It is likely that she had simply live a righteous, devoted life.  It is something any ordinary Christ-follower can do.

My favorite line from the book:  “Much of the gospel is about being salt so that we can help return a people who have wandered to a God who never left.”