FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK
God's Love & Our Faith
in Community
I once was a panelist on a local television program focusing on “Faith & Community”. I was asked to speak from the Christian faith perspective while others represented the Muslim, Jewish and Atheist traditions. One could imagine the interesting dialogue that emerged, and it became overwhelmingly clear that we were each passionate about what we believed. I walked away with a heightened confidence about my ability to speak clearly to the extent of my faith but also with a clarity that my Christianity does not judge whether other religions/faiths/beliefs are right or wrong. Instead, my Christianity, based on the example that Jesus the Christ provided, loves in the face of all the surrounds it, challenges it, and even that which seeks to defy and deny it.
Confidence only comes with practice; the practice of living out your relationship with God through study, prayer and sharing one’s God-given gifts and personal testimony. It’s important to remember that we can’t speak to that which we don’t know. Other faiths and faithless entities are fully vocal, sharing their opinions, points of view and beliefs with all that will hear. Our voices should never be left unheard. And God’s love through us should never go unshared.
Confidence only comes with practice; the practice of living out your relationship with God through study, prayer and sharing one’s God-given gifts and personal testimony. It’s important to remember that we can’t speak to that which we don’t know. Other faiths and faithless entities are fully vocal, sharing their opinions, points of view and beliefs with all that will hear. Our voices should never be left unheard. And God’s love through us should never go unshared.
