We believe the right question changes everything.
Most conversations stay on the surface. We talk about the weather, the news, the weekend. We move quickly and assume we already know what the person across from us is like. We leave without ever finding out.
The Curious Journey began as an experiment in going deeper. What happens when you ask a genuine question, not to make a point or fill silence, but because you actually want to know? What do you find when you follow that question wherever it leads?
What we've found, again and again, is rivers of understanding.
We have no agenda other than to uncover what we call God's unique imprint on another person's life, and to enjoy how our stories are woven into the larger tapestry of time. Some stories make you laugh. Some bring tears. Some stay with you for years. All of them carry something irreplaceable.
Genuine curiosity means approaching another person without an ulterior motive. You're not trying to prove something or sell something or steer the conversation toward a conclusion you already reached. You're simply paying attention to what's actually there.
That kind of attention is rarer than it sounds. And it changes people.
Connection is what human life is for. We are made to know and be known, to share the particular weight and wonder of our experience with other people who are carrying their own. Story is the doorway. Curiosity is the key.
When we stop long enough to listen, when we ask a real question and wait for a real answer, something shifts. We stop seeing strangers and start seeing people. The world gets larger. And we find that God has been at work in places we never thought to look.
My Curious Journey was created by David Nadler, a Des Moines, Iowa pastor, author, and teacher who has spent decades asking good questions and paying attention to the answers. His book, Curious Journey: Why Your Story Matters, grew directly out of this conviction that every person's story carries God's unique mark.
David is the founder of Fourthstream, a Des Moines-based ministry and teaching resource, and the father of David Nadler Jr. and John Nadler, both based in Des Moines, Iowa.