Building on Faith

Text 1: The core of this faith is the belief that there is great love at work in the universe that seeks justice, mercy, peace, and joy. Our various faith traditions and practices teach us how to stay open to that love, tap into it, align ourselves with it, and be empowered by it.

I really enjoyed this part of the passage because it emphasizes how faith is much more than just religion and how faith is something that brings about justice, mercy, peace, and joy. By tapping into that faith and love, we are able to help out others and be in communion with people and dedicate ourselves to helping others regardless of our differences.

Test 2: The tensions were between our own needs and the needs of others, between the present need and a future need. Inspired by the power of community, the generosity of Jesus, and the connection we felt to each other, we shared, and not only were our physical needs met, our spiritual needs were met, too.

By recognizing that our needs and the needs of others are similar and by sacrificing some of our things to help others, we are able to pool together resources that we may not be willing to share unless we realize that our needs all correlate and by helping others we in turn help ourselves spiritually by sharing love and faith with each other.

More blog posts in this category Common

• The Wound & the Blessing/The Economy of Communion Project Post
• The Crest- Jewel of Wisdom & Work as a Spiritual Practice Post
• "What Money Can't Buy" Blog Post
• Blog Post Ni: FTRN Booklet & Arithmetic of Passion
• Work as a Spiritual Practice (The Transformation of Work)