Unless biblical literalism is challenged overtly in the Christian church itself, it will, in my opinion, kill the Christian faith. It is not just a benign nuisance that afflicts Christianity at its edges; it is a mentality that renders the Christian faith unbelievable...
God has two binary commands. 1) Love God 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. Two commands that encompass and encapsulate all. Not three, not five, not ten. Two binary commands. Yet, many Christians have added so much to these binary commands. Conditions, hate,...
A lot of stuff that I thought was faith was nothing more than unquestioned assumptions and what I was used to.
Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. from Have a Little Faith: a True Story
Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty. from The Gifts of Imperfection
I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me - -that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the...
Doubt is not the enemy of faith. It's the ground out of which faith often emerges. Faith requires us to venture into mystery. There's no certitude in mystery. Doubt and faith are companions on the journey.
One of the gifts of the Old Testament is how faithful Israel was in recording their unfaithfulness. Israel could've erased all their sins, but they recorded their idolatry, oppression of others, and when they put words in God's mouth. Erasing a nation's sins isn't...
When you think of faith as a war to be won, you will see people as enemies to be conquered. When you think of faith as a world to be explored, you will see people as neighbors to be loved.
It is important to distinguish between different versions of the “same” faith. All faiths are contested. We dare not make sweeping generalizations about other religions or even about our own religion. from Moral Leadership for a Divided Age 2525 1 comment Like Comment...