Sessions: The Hard Work of Faith

David Sessions gives us all a Christmas gift with this post on Beliefnet.

I cannot say I have faith figured out, but I've resolved never to stop searching for it. In the meantime, I've learned a lot about what faith is not: it is not radical certainty, it is not textual fundamentalism, it is not attempting to silence reason or facts. It's not about having a cohesive worldview, a watertight theology, or absolute truth. It's not about family values or moral judgments. Surely true faith can come only after taking full measure--really, deeply experiencing--the despair at hand. It's about finding a way to hope in spite of the doubt, in spite of what, on some days, feel like overwhelming odds.

--Ballard Burgher