The Year of Awe: Finding God in the Whisper, Not the Whirlwind | Passed By | Chad Belew

On the Arsenal's ninth anniversary, Chad trades the usual vision-casting for something quieter: an invitation into a "year of awe." Drawing a line from Elijah — who looked for God in the wind, the earthquake, and the fire, only to find him in a gentle whisper — to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus whose hearts were burning long before they recognized who was walking beside them, Chad makes the case that meaning is usually present before we can name it. After nine years of his own deconstruction and reconstruction, he's convinced the fear of the Lord was always meant to be awe, that wisdom begins with wonder rather than answers, and that maybe this next year is about depth instead of growth, presence instead of performance.

In this episode:

- Elijah in the cave (1 Kings 19): why we keep expecting God in the grand force and miss him in the quiet

- The road to Emmaus (Luke 24): grief, a stranger, broken bread, and recognition that comes later

- "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" — and why the Hebrew word points to awe, not terror

- Nine years of deconstruction: when certainty stopped feeling like the same thing as faith

- Rachel Held Evans on doubt deepening faith, and what psychology is learning about how awe integrates over time

- A different metric for success: becoming more human, choosing love over being right, depth over performance

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