Who the fuck said it was the daily mail ? <| sep |> I think it has to be Footnote to All P r a y e r s s l e w isfootnotetoallprayersAnd I say that as someone who absolutely loved the Narnia series , the Space trilogy and Screwtape . But Footnote has been critical to the way I think about theology . He whom I bow to only knows to whom I bow When I attempt the ineffable Name , muttering Thou , It reminds me that whenever I pray to , talk about , or even think of God , my words are inadequate and my mental model of the Divine is at best a poor , incomplete metaphor . And all men are idolators , crying unheard To a deaf idol , if Thou take them at their word . It ' s taught me to be careful with absolute statements . I try to avoid now statements that start with God always . or God cannot . or even God is . Because all I have to work with is my best attempts at wrapping my finite mind around the infinite complexity of the divine . And so for any meaningful dialog to happen between my mind and God ' s , he better be willing to do the heavy lifting .