Not what we say or think but what we do

Jane Austen once wrote, "We are defined not by what we say or think but what we do." I got a powerful illustration of that last night, one that's left me face to face with human nature and my own need for community.

I don't really feel comfortable sharing what happened in detail. All I want to say is I listen to one man's theology answer the other's question, and by the end of the night, the one with the question was living the theology while the theologian was violating it. It doesn't make the theology unsound. But it did taint the experience.

I guess what I am asking for, what so many in my generation are asking for, is authenticity. When Paul says, "Not that I have attained all this," that's honest. In truth none of us have. But I want faith to be palpable, something I can sink my teeth into and know I tasted. I want to come away satisfied, maybe even having to work to digest what happened. A cotton candy faith doesn't suit my food obsessed nature. For me, faith must have substance.

Anyway, those are some general thoughts. I have to go now. Thor wants to play before work. May you not settle for anything less than truth that sets you free, even if it's hard to digest at times. All my love