Posts tagged ‘faith crisis’

an atheist’s prayer

Oh God. Oh Mother. Oh Holy One. I don’t think you’re listening. I don’t think you can. Whether you created this Universe or you ARE this…

faith of my childhood: 12 days of ymf-mas

Welcome to Day 10 of the 12 Days of YMF-Mas! Whether you love the holidays or dread them, we’re here to bring you support and cheer.…

you don’t want me

**I know that individual members, leaders and even congregations want ME to be in the Church. I would like to thank them for their words of…

setting aside my seminary scriptures: making peace with my faith transition

When I was fourteen and beginning high school, I got my own set of scriptures. It was a green miniature quad with my name engraved in…

A Skeptic’s Prayer, by Margaret Munk

Is it true
Thou lovest best
Thy meek, unasking children?

Thou hast made us
So diverse, so various,
Yet in the image
Of a Sire
Who filled a universe
With his creative fire.

What father has supposed
His child would grow to manhood
Only hearing and affirming?
What sire could honor such a son?
How could a mind that,
Like a sponge,
Absorbs but never questions,
Doubts,
Or wonders why
Be offspring and apprentice
To a God?

It may be, Lord,
That thou canst never love me
With the calm relief
A father feels
For his obedient child—
The one who’s never any trouble.

But use me
As a bridge
To those more wayward still
Than I.
I cannot give them all the answers;
But they will not ask
The ones who think they can.

Let me speak
To thy lost sheep
As one who,
Understanding how they went astray,
Still loves the Shepherd.