Theology Blog

The quote above is offered in a devotion of Eugene Peterson’s writings. It is a simple and profound summary of the reality that faith is in fact a journey. It is not a moment of conversion, a series of learnings or events. Faith is a journey. It is a journey that is both individual and communal. Whether we are intentional or not, we are becoming…changing. The question he asks is profound. Are we becoming more or less? How can we pay more attention to the journey, to the things that change around, in, and through us? How do we reconcile the notion of faith as a journey with the our modern, logical, result driven orientation as modern Americans? The questions are always more important than the answers. The process is always more important than the result. The trip is always more important than the destination…so who are we becoming in the here and now?