Awesome. I think of you as a Christian too so congrats on revealing it publicly now. 🙂

I’m curious about your question “What is it like to be a Christian?” since it assumes you don’t think of yourself as one?

Oh yes. I think I have crossed the line by now. I do think of myself as a Christian deep down (revealed here for the first time!). It’s still very new to me though. I’ve spent a long time in the borderlands. I don’t know quite when I crossed over.

D

I’m glad you didn’t know my practice of Christianity a few decades ago. I probably would have been one of those you couldn’t stand. My views have softened and hopefully become more Christ-centered through the years as I see it’s more about his love than rules. I’m curious about your question “What is it like to be a Christian?” since it assumes you don’t think of yourself as one?

I love your story of the kitten and buzzard. A lot to consider in that…. I always appreciate the things you share and your perspective on them.

For some reason I get a bit emotional reading this post.

I keep meaning to write about the kinds of Christian I follow (in the blog/twitter-osphere) and why (as I feel slightly defensive about it). Certainly those who are “laying down the law” are not attractive — especially as this time my feelings of guilt and anxiety are stronger. I know what it is I shouldn’t be doing!

I think one question driving me is “What is it like to be a Christian?” Some kind of sensibility or vibration that might wake some resonance inside me.

Next door has a brave new kitten that once chased a buzzard out of our garden. You can be as friendly to it as you like, it will stay well away. Get on with your own things — hang out laundry, dig, chop wood — it will come closer and closer and sit by you as you work.

David

Making peace with uncertainty is something I strive to do, but oh boy, is it hard! I like to know. And know now. 🙂 But I continue to discover that becoming content with the not knowing is part of the peace that the world can’t give, only Christ.

Yes, it is amazing to read verses fresh–that’s one thing I love about your lectio posts, Jean. Fresh readings every time.

Oh, I love this Tiffany: “giving a piece of my heart rather than a scripture address.” Thanks for dropping this gold nugget here. May I pay attention and do just that.

I don’t know why we think we have to know it all! It’s definitely to our detriment. 🙁 Just ask my husband. ha. He has to put up with me wanting all the right answers, and it’s impossible. Saying “I don’t know” should be a regular phrase in our vocabulary, because I’m convinced we don’t know near as much as we think we do. Thanks for sharing here, Sarah.