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Pilgrims, Activists & Artists

January 13th, 2018 at 2:49 pm | Posted in Books, Thinking biblical | No Comments

“While discussing the growing antipathy towards Christians, a friend remarked to me, ‘There are three kinds of Christians that outsiders to the faith still respect: pilgrims, activists and artists. The uncommitted will listen to them far sooner than to an evangelist or apologist’. Although non-believers do not oppose a spiritual search, they will listen only to those Christians who present themselves as fellow pilgrims on the way rather than as part of a superior class who have already arrived. Activists express their faith in the most persuasive way of all, by their deeds. And art succeeds when it speaks most authentically to the human condition; when believers do so with skill, again the world takes note.”

Philip Yancey – Vanishing Grace

There’s a lot of wisdom there. It often feels as if we’re meant to be more sure of having all the answers – but that seems foolish.

Regardless of our belief, our view of the world is no more valid than anyone else’s. The journey of life is equal to us all. Holding a Christian belief makes for no less fumbling around in the dark, we’re just believing to have seen a light only visible from the minds eye.

I wish we as the church could live pilgrimage better than we do.