Ilove the gospels’ regular use of seeds as metaphors because so much of our faith life is all about acting on belief alone, hoping that one day those actions will bear fruit.

Blind faith, some would call it.

However, I like to believe that living this way is the definition of hope!

On a recent Saturday night, on a long drive back from a speaking appearance, I had the most delightful hour-long conversation with a former confirmation student.

We haven’t regularly conversed in more than five years, and I was thrilled to hear all about their young adult life.

But the real meat of the conversation centered on faith. No sugary stuff here!

Why should we believe? What/who is God? What if I doubt? Why does God allow bad things to happen then? What about other faiths?

This wasn’t slow pitch s

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