Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain

Of course, adventures of faith are difficult. Interestingly, in matters of life in general I have been pretty adventurous but not so in matters of faith. Religion has this way of dictating a prescribed way to think and act. Faith is a personal relationship with your Father. It took me a long time to see that. Do you find religions spending a lot of time proving they are right? Is it about being right? or is it about being Christlike in daily life? Is it about what you say? or what you do?

I find it fascinating the the religion of my life used to view religion as

a snare and a racket!

I think the Pharisee's were a snare and a racket and Jesus and the Apostles were the real thing. Some of the best conversations in the Bible are with Jesus and a notorious sinner. Every time you read one of those conversations you will be impressed with Jesus' open, not judgmental, attitude. I don't think I have been instructed to be that way as an elder and judge.

The Wondering Faith