a lifetime of learning

Speaking with others about my faith not only is encouraging, but very humbling. It can be intimidating for me to speak about worldview, many times because I am not as familiar as I would like to be with the mindset/concepts/ideals that go along with particular ones. I find myself listening and really being amazed at how little I know. It motivates me to learn all I can about other religions and/or cultures: the foundations on which they were formed, their political ramifications, the major players, their tenets of faith/reasoning and the current state it is in. I would like to model Jesus and Paul in their approach to speaking about Truth. I want to first of all be humble and loving, but then I want to understand the point of contact and the felt need/dissonance so I can relate with knowledge and be sensitive/discerning about what is most central to the person to whom I am speaking.


I randomly came across this great article about Christian maturity and follow-up (everything from Urbana is great).