I get very impatient with church people who say there's something wrong with having doubts, because let's be honest: There's every reason to have doubts. |
It's rubbish to tell people that we can easily dispose of life's huge questions once and for all. We all have times when we're bad-tempered or we grumble. We all have doubts. What's wrong with saying that? |
My function as a writer and a speaker really is as a rubbish clearer. I try to sweep away a little bit of the rubbish that's accumulated ... so that people might look a little further down the road and see what new thing God might have waiting for them. |
We can learn a lot from Judaism. There's a long tradition in Judaism of questioning God. I hope that more Christians will find themselves feeling safe and secure enough, so that they can step outside and visit other people's houses of faith. Find out how other people see things. What I'm warning against is that, as Christians, we shouldn't build these citadels that we hide inside and feel we have to defend at all costs. |