Faith Grows

I found this quote on Out of Ur, the blog for Leadership Journal:

"As a pastor, I'm not a theology policeman...But if we are part of a community where the Scriptures are honored, I don't think we have to worry too much. The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors."

The above quote is by Eugene Peterson, from Having Ears, Do you Not Hear?

You can include this on the list of reasons that I am blessed to be a United Methodist -- we learn from each other in community. (Maybe members of other denominations would say the same thing, but I only know about my own).

Got a different idea? Share it among your community. We learn from each other through the stretch and pull of conversation. Disagree? Discuss it with each other with love and grace. From that environment, we learn from each other. We have creeds and beliefs as touchstones of faith, to keep us on the path. God will live among us and guide our thoughts through each other.

It's a wonderful gift, to share questions of faith with friends. From this can grow understanding.

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