Reviewed by Regina Lordan
for Catholic News Service
Doubting Thomases and inquiring Catholics can embrace
questions and perhaps find answers in two vastly different yet
complementary
books from Liguori Publications.
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Richard Patterson's "Turtle on the Fencepost: Finding Faith Through Doubt" explores the benefits of honest uncertainty while recommending strategies for using doubt
to find faith. "From the Heart: Stories of Love, Loss & Life" is a
collection of beautifully written fictional stories revealing the
certainty of God's presence in love, suffering, joy and relationships.
In "Turtle on the Fencepost," Patterson, a Catholic clinical
psychologist and author, discloses that he is a hopeful and optimistic
skeptic who misses the simple and strong faith of his youth. A confessed
troublemaker, Patterson raises so many questions without providing
answers that he can leave the reader seeking simple solutions frustrated
and unfulfilled.