What Faith Sounds, Smells, Feels and Tastes Like

The Challenge

Last week, I posted a challenge about faith.

Mainly, it was a challenge to remember.

To remember faith.

In a world of busyness, strategies, branding, expertise, revenue-models,

…to make a point…

…to

remember

faith.

I invited readers to join me in reading a simple take on the life of D.L. Moody. It’s a short, easy-to-read book that costs less than two bucks.

So the posts you’re about to read are not connected to any sort of  program. This is not a workbook or a devotional series. It’s just a loosely held together effort to remember faith together.

Feel free to come along. (The original post with details about how to order the book is here. Did I mention it’s less than two bucks?)

What Faith Looks Like

So D.L. Moody.

**Pause. Hold that thought.**

Recently, I asked people to tell me any story they know about George Washington. Here’s what they said.

They remembered that Washington held together the rebel forces during that terrible winter in Valley Forge when the soldiers didn’t even have shoes and socks.

They remembered he crossed the Delaware… or at least they remembered he crossed it in the painting.

And they remembered he could not tell a lie. He did cut down the cherry tree.

They didn’t remember all the boring encyclopedia entries about him. No one mentioned a date or a statistic.

We remember the stories. The stories about how great ambition and ordinary human lives come together.

*Unpause*

This is what I want to do with D.L. Moody (and any others you read with me if you so choose).

I want us to redeem the man from the boring biographies and dig into the ordinary stories–stories that help us remember what faith smells, tastes, sounds and feels like.

So the first thing you might want to know about D.L. Moody is that he wasn’t always a notable public speaker who toured the world.

His extraordinary journey started as a shoe salesman.

There are some great stories from this shoe salesman’s life to share, but since a few readers reported they are still waiting for their copy of the book to arrive, I’m going to start in on them Friday.

That means some of you still have time to grab the book.

You can check back here for an update this week and a regular post on this series every Tuesday. And for now, here are a couple links you might want to check out.

Some pictures of D.L. Moody and His Life

Moody Slideshow

The only existing audio of Moody preaching (It’s fuzzy.)

Moody Sermon

Are you reading along? Tell me what you think of the book so far by clicking the “comment” link by the title of this post. Would love to hear if you’re deciding to join us just today too.