I got into a discussion with my housemate, John today about Christian expectations and how much of our faith we present to the world. I immediately mentioned that I don’t often ‘get into it’ with people about my faith, where as John and some of my other friends are more outgoing with their beliefs. This led me to ponder quietly to myself in a corner [this isn't a fiction book -ed] why folks like me aren’t more outspoken about our faith. Are we weak? Lacking in true faith? Surely the Bible suggests we should share our faith at the top of our lungs??

I don’t feel so. I don’t feel we’re all called to share the word at every opportunity. I do look for situations I feel it’s appropriate to share my beliefs with others, but more often than not they aren’t on a street corner, or the front of a church. Does that make me a poor Christian? Once my family suggested to me that I should be a ‘politician, lawyer or preacher’ – oh, how I disdain that idea. I’ll be honest: I’ve felt called to share my faith in a public situation several times: each time I’ve denied the urge out of fear of ignorance. I have many ideas about my faith, very few are ideas I regard as set in stone. This does two things: bother many people and set me up to feel uneasy about sharing those views with others. If I am open to arguments and possibly changing my views, why would I present them to others as truth? Truth is that I don’t know enough about God to say much.

I do enjoy a good discussion about the ideas I hold, and that you hold. Of course then you’d have to hear about how much I hate the divide and fall of the Churches, how most Churches frustrate me to the point of not attending, and about how ignorance isn’t FAITH. So, am I terrible?? Does broaching this subject on my blog loose half the 2 readers?? Some days I like to do things that I have decided are a bad idea just to see the fallout. (when they’re not bad things, obviously) I don’t walk away from someone asking me why I choose to have the idea of Christianity: I also don’t believe that my ideas are always the correct path.