Kyle Lake: Excerpt #1
I'm reading his latest book, {re}Understanding Prayer: A fresh approach to conversation with God. Kyle is the pastor of University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas.

As I'm reading I want to post a few lines that stand out to me and then I'll review it when I'm done.

"My experience of life outgrew my understanding of God. Pure and simple. At some point, I was overcome by the realization that the God I was raised worshiping could not handle the complexities of real life. He was perfectly fit to deal with lollipops, candy canes, and sugerplums, but avalanches, wildfires, and tsunamis He was not. Literally and metaphorically. What's odd about this realization is not it's ridiculous nature but my response to this realization. The next few years I shifted into a defensive posture. I became protective of God, like an older brother watching out for his diminutive little sister who couldn't hold her weight on the school playground. And this posture eventually seemed odd to me. Why did God need defending? Who was I really protecting?"