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The Bonus Round: The Doubting Faith of Mother Teresa
Songwriter, singer, pianist, actor, and protoblogger Steve Schalchlin responds to the recent news about Mother Teresa's prayer correspondence - actually her deepest, most personal prayers to a God she ultimately and effectively trusted with her life - and shared with her spiritual advisers.
Steve makes the assertion at the end of his excellent reflection, Living In The Bonus Round: The Doubting Faith of Mother Teresa:
"Faith is not belief. Faith is what you have when belief is out of reach."
My take on the subject is at Mother Teresa and Faith Struggles in The Dream Factory.
My conclusion there was:
"This glimpse into the personal, deep, spiritual struggle within Mother Teresa makes me love and appreciate her more because she moved beyond the superficial religiosity of one who never asks and struggles with hard questions. She not only wrestled with the doubts and questions, but like Jacob, she wrestled with God himself."
Steve makes the assertion at the end of his excellent reflection, Living In The Bonus Round: The Doubting Faith of Mother Teresa:
"Faith is not belief. Faith is what you have when belief is out of reach."
My take on the subject is at Mother Teresa and Faith Struggles in The Dream Factory.
My conclusion there was:
"This glimpse into the personal, deep, spiritual struggle within Mother Teresa makes me love and appreciate her more because she moved beyond the superficial religiosity of one who never asks and struggles with hard questions. She not only wrestled with the doubts and questions, but like Jacob, she wrestled with God himself."
"For her, it always came back to an embrace of her calling and devotion to God."
"I don't think she lost faith; I think she took it deeper."
You are invited to enjoy the discussion of this at The Religion Forum. The specific URL for that discussion is on my main blog.
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