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Faith is a delicate balance.

Clinging tightly to the brittle theologies
vs upholding the teachings of Christ.

Embracing a rigid doctrine of broken humanity
vs intimately exploring God's Word.

Grasping only tidy black-n-white beliefs
vs touching and tasting miraculous Creation.

My indoctrination into the Catholic faith, my 12 years of CCD, laid a good intellectual foundation in the 10 Commandments and a faint heartbeat for the calling articulated in the Sermon on the Mount. more

Like an art student who studies color, form and structure, but never engages a blank canvas, I learned to color inside the lines, held the Treasure in a sun-dried jar of clay.

In recent years I am experiencing re-formation. The jar of clay that was once me is broken, the shards crushed and finely ground, then mixed with tears. I am on the Potter's wheel, learning to submit to the artistry God intends for me.

But you, [Timothy] man of God, flee from all this, and pursue 

righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.  

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life 

to which you were called when you made your 

good confession in the presence of many witnesses.  

In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of 

Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate 

made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command 

without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,  

which God will bring about in his own time 
—God, the blessed and only Ruler, 
the King of kings and Lord of lords,  
who alone is immortal 
and who lives in unapproachable light, 

whom no one has seen or can see. 

To him be honor and might forever. 

Amen.

—from the writings of Paul, 1 Timothy 6:11-16 NIV

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