A few months ago I was asked by a close colleague what it was that I really believed in.
I was aware of the context from which my friend was asking: She is a practicing Jew and had stated that Jesus was a social construction to control people.
I acknowledged that their were lots of different ways of thinking about Jesus.
I then told her that the stories of Jesus create something beautiful in my life; and the more I become like those stories the more I seem able to love, to be honest with people, to live life to the full.
She responded that she wanted this kind of spirituality, and this opened up further opportunities for us both to discover about God from each other.
Ana Draper in "The Rite Stuff"
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