Are you there God?

I’m learning how to listen to God. And that sounds a little cliche and neat to me.
So I also want to learn how to not sound too cliche to the people around me.
It’s easy to fall into that trap as a Christian I think.
Because people usually have questions that don’t have neat answers, but because we are eager to share our beliefs, when we try, we tend to use language that oversimplifies.

I used to wonder how people could believe so easily.

Now I realise that it might not have been that they’re simple-minded or ignorant.

It’s just that you can’t really answer questions about God in a simple way for it to be satisfying to a non-theist.

So in 2026, I want to learn how to listen to God, and to learn how to explain God.