In the midst of the current debate about faith and unbelief, Tomás Halík teaches that God calls us to endure our doubts, to carry them within us, and to allow them to lead us to maturity. Those who believe must be able to have great patience, for in the face of God's silence, faith, hope, and love are three aspects of patience. Just as in the biblical story, the tax collector Zacchaeus changes his life, we too can take Jesus' message to heart. And Christians should offer understanding closeness to those who, like the tax collector Zacchaeus in the biblical narrative, keep their distance from the churches.