I have never experienced what is sometimes called a faith crisis, but over the course of the last decade or so I have encountered many facts and paradigm shifts that have seismically altered how I live spiritually and what I expect from church life and myself. Many of my friends over the years have engaged with similar facts and paradigm shifts. Many of those friends (I dont know the percentage) have ended up leaving activity in Mormonism, or religion altogether. I wonder why my path has kept me within Mormonism while a very, very similar path has pushed others out. There is much reason to doubt, and I wrestle with that reason every day. I dont see faith as being another word for belief, which is good, because personally, my beliefs are never as sturdy as my faith. My faith is the underlying thing that has felt pretty constant through all the doubting of my beliefs. One of my primary-age nephews told my sister within the last year, it was a lot easier when I could believe everything they told us without questioning it. I agree with him and feel like The Giver when he tells Jonas, Youve come very quickly to that conclusion. ... Maybe your wisdom will come much more quickly than mine (ch 12). As for my near decade of complication and searching, I can now say with certainty that I dont have all the answers, but I have a lot more than when I started. More importantly, I dont have all the questions, but I have a lot more than when I started. (Spoiler: some of my answers are new questions.) I dont think I will ever stop questioning (though I might). I dont think I will ever stop being a Mormon (though I might). I dont think that I will ever stop existing (though I might). Right now, Im happy being someone who exists, who is Mormon, and who has questions. All of this is to say, this is a nice article and I recommend it.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 03:41:17 +0000
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