Faith is better understood as a verb than as a noun, as a process than…

Frederick Buechner
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Faith is better understood as a verb than as a noun, as a process than as a possession. It is an on-again-off-again rather than once-and-for-all. Faith is not being sure where you're going but going anyway. A journey without maps. Tillich says that doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. ✨ Frederick Buechner (2009). Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith, p.109, Zondervan
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