Comments on: Flickering Faith

By: thedomesticfringe

thedomesticfringe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:47:26 +0000

This post was beautifully written. I so appreciate the honesty in this.

By: Terresa

Terresa — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:42:21 +0000

The idea that "underneath what may look like chaos there is some scaffolding that makes sense."Your thoughts here strike a chord with me, the faltering faith, the fear of falling, and the learning in the fall, that there is ground somewhere below.

By: Heather of the EO

Heather of the EO — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:25:34 +0000

Oh Lindsey, I just love how you think and write. I love the faith you have, it’s most likely much larger than it feels.

By: Linda Pressman

Linda Pressman — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:27:13 +0000

Such a beautiful post, Lindsey. And I believe you've got it right there, in the sentence, "It is in that space, that free fall between order and disorder that faith catches us." To me that's the dwelling space of all faith, the space you have to inhabit comfortably in order to have faith, the space where you have to be comfortable with less than complete answers. I love that.

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:20:43 +0000

Lindsey: I wonder if the design so vast, the pattern you seek, is in the beautiful, beating rhythm of your very questions; those musings and wonderings you pose with constancy, consistency, courage, and vulnerable truth. Faith, if real and worth anything, is vast enough to encompass our every doubt and somehow, miraculously even, provide some semblance of structure and substance. At least for me, that's what I have the privilege of experiencing in all that you ask, all that you ponder, all that you hope. In fact, my faith is enhanced and strengthened consistently (another pattern) through your questions very questions.And in Scripture – potentially in other sacred texts, as well – seven is THE number. So for you, what I love is that you reflect on that number…plus one – over and over again. Your faith takes what you see, what you know, and even what you question, and then adds more – consistently. The flickering is a not an ember, but a blazing flame.Thanks, Kristen, for letting Lindsey burn bright here. Beautiful.

By: Privilege of Parenting

Privilege of Parenting — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:38:37 +0000

Maybe 8 is part of the quest for unity, given that 7 has been an archetype of earthly completion (7th day, seven chakras, seventh heaven) perhaps eight is that great leap into the void—and the wish to bring back a thread the ephemeral spirit into our lived, incarnate existence… something you do here, and in all your posts in your blog, Lindsey.I think the divine is to be found in the simultaneous holding of opposites: faith burning strong and also blown out, taken together it flickers… like the frames of our great collective dreams (from movies to laptops screens pulsing in the myriad kitchens and bedrrooms of our disparate and yet interconnected lives).Perhaps the great unity, the great faith, is to be found in the vast interrelationship that we all already share; the big change afoot is the dawning back into consciousness of this, the taste of paradise from which we once emerged, paying the price of oneness with nature in return for our grandiose fantasy of dominion over the vast design.The relationship between Kristen and Lindsey, sharing ideas, space and inviting others into this relationship is itself a faith-restoring, faith-nourishing essence.Namaste

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:17:51 +0000

I already know and love Lindsey and her profound ability to put words to the beauty, both light and dark, of life. Now, I know of another blogger, Kristen, whose work I look forward to following. Thank you both for sharing your most intimate selves with us, your most fortunate readership.

By: BigLittleWolf

BigLittleWolf — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:02 +0000

This writing contains too many gorgeous passages to cite. What a breathtaking piece of self you've given us, Lindsey.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:25:55 +0000

Clouds will often spark my own faith as well. Something about the sky, its openness, its grandeur that inspires and provokes meaningful introspection.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:19:08 +0000

Lindsey, what a beautiful and revealing post. You articulate many thoughts and emotions I have. I especially like this: "to parse the difference between where I can manage my reactions better and where I must just experience them in order to understand." With my depression, I work to control my emotional reactions of anger and doubt. But sometimes there is value in letting things run their course.Kristen, thank you for introducing us to another excellent blogger!