What is faith? Is it a feeling? Hope against hope? Belief without evidence?

Jen Pollock Michel says faith is a habit. It’s not against evidence but careful consideration of evidence. It’s trust in the story that makes sense of the world. It’s curiosity. It’s where the habits of humility take us. “Try practicing your way into faith,” Michel writes in her new book, A Habit Called Faith: 40 Days in the Bible to Find and Follow Jesus (Baker). “Go to church, follow the liturgy, act the part. Let habit take you by the hand and lead you to God.”

Michel says that faith pushes back against the technological advances that convey the illusion that exertion is our enemy. In this book designed to help introduce the Bible to anyone curious about faith, Michel guides readers on a 40-day journey through the wilderness of doubts to the promised land of hope in the promises of God.

Michel joined me on Gospelbound to discuss the terrifying and comforting Bible, happiness on God’s terms, and the freedom of submitting to Jesus, among other topics. Consider picking up a copy of her book and inviting a friend to practice faith in Jesus.