Winner recalls the church's creedal formulations of belief, and then thinks: Let this be my scaffolding. Let this be the place I work, struggle, play, rest. I commit myself to this (p. 169). What does this response to the creed call forth for you? What would your faith look like if you allowed the teachings of the church to be your scaffolding?
Another great way of understanding faith--especially how we maintain it in the face of doubt and uncertainty--in the line that Julian's father said to Julian as she was about to be confirmed: "What you promise when you are confirmed is that that is the story you will wrestle with forever" (p. 172). What are the ideas, theologies, and questions that you wrestle with? Do you think that wrestling is a good metaphor for faith? Why or why not?
For tomorrow: please read pages 173-181
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