"faithing", and the "lust for certitude"
Random notes on this thing known as 'faith'. "To 'faith' is to hand over the direction of one's life journey to another, to yield up the' illusion of control' to someone who is essentially beyond one's control, over whom we have no power." Faith is a verb, a process, and not a static reality. In our faith journey, there are several similar or common elements: (1) conversion: also known as metanoia --change of mind or life/direction; (2) a struggle to internalize and act on that conversion experience; (3) a call to integrity; (4) a call to reality; (5) a call to radicality . These elements emerge regardless of era, culture, theology, life-style, or ministry. Faith is primarily a relationship. Any love relationship challenges us to greater honesty and transparency, to awareness of those areas of our lives where we hold back or refuse to face ourselves, or to let others see us as we truly are. To really love others means to become progressively