Ryan Brinson

I Feel God in This Cab Ryan Brinson

Over the course of a year, Ryan Brinson discovered a common through-line in many of the essays he was writing: God in the expanse of the everyday. As Celine sang, "Near, far, wherever you are," there's something to learn about God, our shared human experience, and how the two are tangled together in a really interesting, messy, challenging, wonderful way. From his upbringing in the Bible Belt to his life today in New York City, Brinson explores how God has been the centrifugal force within the adventure. Some may search for God in confessionals, support groups, on mountaintops, or at an altar, but if this year has taught him anything, it's that you can find God just about anywhere, even in the backseat of a cab on the Upper West Side of Manhattan."You may not call God what I call God-you may call God 'love, ' or 'spirit' or any number of monikers-but we all know what it feels like when there's a stirring in our soul. We know what it feels like when our hearts become full and we're moved in a way that's personal and precious. In that filling, in that stirring, there's God. In the big moments and the small, the moments both intentional and perfunctory, God's everywhere, every day.