An After Easter Thought

Faith

Consciousness is essential in the growth and development of our faith.
When consciousness is renewed and reshaped, we enter into a deeper
dimension of our faith.
Our consciousness reaches up and out. We become more keenly aware
of the gospel values and demands not as options but as imperatives.

We can know a lot about religion and have many pious perspectives
but it is consciousness that makes our faith come alive to the challenges
of our times. For example the challenge to work for peace and justice
which is essential to genuine gospel living.

A more lively consciousness of the God who dwells within us
is acquired through our growing consciousness of one another,
our strengths and weaknesses, our ideals and failures.

When we ponder the gospel stories, our goal should be
an increased faith consciousness. Otherwise we run the risk
of practicing religion on a superficial level rather than living
faith in the deepest recesses of our being and becoming.
It is the difference between being a minimalist and amaximalist.