There are Two Sorts of Faith

Credit: Frank A. Mills

There are two sorts of faith: The one that is ever-evolving and the one that requires absolutes and remains static. The first is robust, the second morbid. The first takes Jesus off the cross. The second leaves him hanging. I prefer the robust version where faith is always speculative—This is what I think now, but tomorrow, I might think differently. For me this sort of faith is both exciting and freeing.

We live in an organic, robust universe that is always evolving. Can not our faith – our Christianity – evolve with it? Can we, can Christianity, not evolve in a way that better serves the universe, the common good of all that is within? If God is incarnated in the universe, does not God also evolve? At the very least, we need to let our definition of God evolve.

For some Christian Universalism is an evolution of faith. Likewise, growing more progressive and Liberal in outlook is also an evolution of faith. I suggest, for our consideration, that Liberal Christian Universalism can also be a tool to aid in the evolution of Christianity as a whole—an evolution that forges a Christianity the serves the common good of the whole of the universe.

Frank A. Mills
Sheffield Lake, OH
December 31, 2024