Lewis and others mentioned by Murray provide more targeted guidance than most people we meet in person ever could. These gifted teachers can be gateways to richer lives. And to this distinguished group of literary companions, we can now add Charles Murray.
That is quite an achievement—especially for someone like Murray, who describes himself as having a deficit in perceiving spiritual realities. His experience suggests that with religion, as with cognitive therapy, when we change our thoughts, our feelings follow. The surest wellspring of faith may simply be to gain an increasingly true understanding of how God and Jesus have left their imprint on the hearts of those who came before us, then on those around us, and ultimately on us.
