Mystery and Change
Reading Luke’s Step Three, we see how Luke’s spiritual life looks different than when he was younger. Reflect on your own experience with mystery and change while still holding some connection with your past through your family or hometown.
Faith That Is Afraid of Others Is No Faith At All
Luke’s Step Three leads us to wonder how faith might look like mystery and all that can’t be understood without the dissonance of hypocrisy. Thomas Merton’s words about faith here show us that the greatest problem with Christianity is not those who “no longer believe” but those who “believe” but have warped the faith and tradition until it is everything Jesus came to dismantle.
Changing our Faith Talk to Mirror Our Experience
We wonder in Luke’s Step Three how our spiritual lives might continue, even when “faith” is something we’re no longer interested in because of seeing how poorly some have lived it out. Anne Lammott’s voice in her speaking and writing helps expand our notion of discussing spirituality and theology. Rather than feeling constrained by the ideas and images of God from childhood, Anne brings close all the faith talk so that it is relatable and relevant to our real lives.
Incremental Change Whose Impact Exceeds Expectations
Mary and Elizabeth represent women who swim along with the tide of a system while privately growing a future that allows love to dismantle oppressive systems and topple toxic religious institutions. Change doesn’t always happen in grand, sweeping moments; sometimes, it grows slowly, day by day, before others see it in our lives (Luke 1:46b-55)