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Searching for God in the Wrong Place: Story and Reflection Questions

By Jared Dees

Here is a parable I really enjoyed in Fr. Anthony de Mello’s The Song of the Bird: 

A neighbor found a man on hands and knees.

“What are you searching for?”

“My key.”

Both men got on their knees to search. After a while the neighbor says, “Where did you lose it?”

“At home.”

“Good Lord! Then why are you searching here?”

“Because it’s brighter here.”

Search for God where you lost Him.

Story Reflection 

So many of us search for God in the bright places: 

  • The best religious books
  • Beautiful places in nature 
  • Beautiful churches 
  • Wise teachers 
  • Holy people 
  • Retreats 

But God is always present and most of all in the simple parts of our lives.

Start searching for him in your home among your family or in the quiet of your own room. 

Story Reflection Questions 

  1. In what “bright” places do most people you know try to find God? 
  2. Where do you experience God the best? 
  3. How can you find God in your home?

January 31, 2023 Filed Under: Fiction

About Jared Dees

Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children.

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