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Reflection

Our forebears in faith knew that asking questions of God was a good thing - a critical, thinking, faith was an expectation for rabbis, Scribes, and teachers of the law. The mythic examples of Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Moses, Miriam and the prophets, as well as the fables of Esther, Ruth, Job, and Jonah all show us how the Hebrew faith is a deeply questioning faith - wrestling with meaning and seeking truth. 

Jesus carries on this tradition, as does Paul and the other writers of the Christian Scriptures, wrestling with what it means to believe that God is with us in all things - good and bad - and that God calls us to live lives of faith, hope, and love. Rather than the acceptance of dogma and doctrine,our Scriptures and the examples of Christians throughout the ages encourage us to think deeply, to consider profoundly, and to doubt vigorously! It is harder to wrestle with truth than it is to accept blindly what a person from a pulpit tells us is true, but that is our calling. 

Scripture

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.          Luke 28.16,17

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Artwork - The Thinker in Black and White, a photograph by Lisa Phillips uploaded to Fine Art America on March 31st, 2012.