Grounds for Belief

Got some hard questions you want to ask about belief? Read on. . .

Why believe in God? Are there grounds for belief? Come to the Grounds for Belief cafe and ask these questions. Ever had a pressing question about God that may be deemed too doubting, too sacrilegious, too questioning for a trusting person to ask? At the Grounds for Belief cafe, there is no such thing as a too-difficult-to-ask question.

All questions are welcome, valid and more than that, necessary to ask.

Ed Dickerson’s book Grounds for Belief explores and follows some important conversations that occur in the Grounds for Belief cafe.

Real people, real conversations and real issues.

Grounds for Belief is based on these conversations, which occur in the cafe-style church, where everyone is welcome to come and ask the questions they have the need to ask. In so doing, Dickerson makes Christianity, the central message that Jesus embodied, accessible to contemporary readers.

Many conversations in Grounds for Belief have spiritual connotations and advice for a better life. Dickerson mentions George Bernard Shaw, author and playwright, who comments on mistakes and learning. “A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.” Dickerson follows with “learning requires that I make mistakes and often appear inept . . . there are no failed experiments, only new data.” This outlook on life gives us hope. We are not failures; we are just constantly learning that a particular way does not work.

Dickerson also writes about guilt and its effect on us. “We only injure ourselves further by harbouring bitterness about things beyond anyone’s control”.

Grounds for Belief is almost a narrative, conversational in style, making it a great read for those who prefer fiction books.

Grounds for Belief is a fantastic book for all those with questions about God and those who are searching for grounds to believe.

This is also a great book for those interested in church plants in a cafe setting: the cafe church.

"If other people’s answers don’t work for you," come and find your own answers.

Grounds for Belief Ed Dickerson
2007 Pacific Press Publishing Association
141 pages