When Beliefs Fail

Caught between a scientific worldview that scoffs at the spiritual and a mythical worldview that runs counter to scientific reason, many seekers don’t know where to turn. For those whose beliefs—religious, agnostic, or atheistic—fail to make sense or provide inner peace, Jim Stempel offers hope. Explaining that the barrier to truth is the limitation of our beliefs, Stempel encourages an expanding of our focus. Just as the noise and movement of a carwash seem chaotic to those who stay inside their cars, so can our lives seem chaotic when we are on the inside looking out. When Beliefs Fail takes us outside our personal sound and fury to look at the whole.

JIM STEMPEL has published numerous works of short fiction and a critically acclaimed novel, American Rain. President of an insurance firm in Baltimore, he is an avid handball player and runner and coaches high school varsity baseball. He lives with his wife and three children in the countryside of western Maryland.