Norman Mailer and The Band—God shows up in the strangest places

By Madora Kibbe

I don't know much, but I do know this: If you're looking for God, you'll find Him. Not that God is like some missing sock in the electric dryer of life. God, after all, is Life. That's what Christian Science teaches. He's much bigger and more dependable than a sock. And God shows up, as it were, in the strangest places sometimes. I should know. Once I found Him in a copy of People magazine.

Maybe I should explain.

I'd been in this really crummy relationship and was desperately trying to pray my way out of it. But in spite of my efforts, I felt like I was stuck in romantic fly paper, unable and, frankly, unwilling to break free.