Faith....caught or taught?

Bishop Lee Miller once remarked that the faith is caught as much as it is taught.

It just isn't inherited.

It is passed from one to the other.  From your grandmother's stories to your mother's singing.  From your good friend who invited you to come and see to that neighbor who brought you a meal when you were ill.  You learn it by painting a stranger's front porch or by worshipping with thousands. 

Jesus told the disciples to "Go" and "Tell".....otherwise how would we have ever heard?  Paul asks that very question, 'How will they hear if someone isn't out there telling others about Jesus?' (obviously paraphrased). 

Now it would be easy to hand off this work to the professional clergy, and as a member of the professional clergy it is clearly my responsibility to share God's good news in Jesus.  But before I was ordained, I was baptized.....and so were you.  You were made a part of this great and unfolding story of reconciliation and forgiveness.  You have tasted the power of God's presence and wondered at the impossibilities that faith just naturally highlights.  You.  YOU!  Us, together.

It's not about understanding it all.  It's not about some fancy explanation.  It starts with, "this is what I have come to know" and continues with "this is what I am still wrestling with" and then ends with "come and explore this amazing God with me."

See?  You can do it.  There are saints out there waiting for you.