Last week, Jason wrote on his experience navigating faith and doubt, especially when things become more gray than black-and-white. In his post, he explores how faith demands that we engage difficult questions, face unsettling facts, and withstand vexing trials, and how doing so can force us to re-assemble certain of our beliefs in a way that will enrich them, not diminish them. Read it.
Like Jason, I’ve also traveled through several “dark nights of the soul,” where certain principles I thought were rock solid have slipped into this chasm of uncertainty. But I’ve come to realize that the darkness need not be scary! Instead, those nights now make me so grateful for those rare (and merciful!) beams of bright light that illuminate my soul and my way forward.
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