There Are No Right Answers to Wrong Questions: 15 Ways Our Questions Influence Our Choices to Live a Christian Life

Abraham Joshua Heschel said that, "We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we have the answers." He believed that to be a Christian is not to be a person who knows all the answers but one who "lives in the part of the self where the question is constantly being born." Most of us don't think very much about our questions. In our culture, we are accustomed to being able to find out answers to nearly any question just by typing it into Google search or asking Siri. But behind any answer, there is always a question. Sometimes, the question isn't clear to us; sometimes, it is not very well articulated, even to ourselves. But it is always there. In over thirty years as a psychotherapist and spiritual director, Peter C. Wilcox has seen how the questions people ask themselves have shaped their lives in some very important ways. This book is an invitation to see how important it is to learn how to ask the right questions about our lives. This is because our choice of questions leads us on a path of discovery towards answers that help us to grow spiritually and psychologically. Our questions orient our lives and give direction to us. We will see that they enable us to make fifteen choices that have a tremendous impact on the kind of person we become.

Peter C. Wilcox, a psychotherapist and spiritual director for over thirty years, holds a doctorate in theology from The Catholic University of America and has taught at the Washington Theological Union; Loyola University, Maryland; and St. Bonaventure University, New York. He has directed retreats and conducted seminars on personality development and spiritual growth. The most recent of his seven books, I was Gone Long Before I Left, was published in 2020. For further information on his publications, visit his website at www.petercwilcox.com.