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When they searched for God.
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This is commentary from James A.
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Brown.
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When the world shut down, people went searching not just for toilet paper or masks.
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They wanted something older, wiser, steadier.
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Searches for the Bible in Christianity spiked across the west during COVID and never dropped.
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Same pattern in Germany, Canada and Australia.
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Zoom out and you'll see a 20 year climb, then a certain spiritual surge.
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And here's the twist.
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The Bible beat Christianity each year.
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That says a lot.
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We all know trust in institutions is thin these days.
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So maybe our trust in stories are firmer.
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They want words, something written, something handed down, something durable.
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Either way, when life went silent, curiosity cracked open.
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People looked beyond lockdowns, layoffs, medicine markets.
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They looked for what lasts.
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Now, this year, both searches have hit record highs.
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We list what the pandemic stole and boy, it took a lot.
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But it seems to have given us something too.
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Permission to wander, space to remember.
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So I'll ask you when life paused, did you search for something sacred?
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Let me know in the comments and check out more@jamesabrown.net on that note, I'm James A.
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Brown and as always, be well.
