Day 6: Feb. 26

Verse

And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” – Luke 3:10-11

Voice

In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life. To make bread or love, to dig in the earth, to feed an animal or cook for a stranger—these activities require no extensive commentary, no lucid theology. All they require is someone willing to bend, reach, chop, stir.... And yet these are the same activities that change lives, sometimes all at once and sometimes more slowly, the way dripping water changes stone. – Barbara Brown Taylor

Pray

Holy One, May I direct my faith not as a way of thinking, but as a way of kneading, digging, and stirring.

Reflect

How do you view your faith? Is it a belief system? A way of thinking? Or is it a way of life? Surely it must be some combination of all of those and more.

Reflect on times when your faith has manifested more as a mental exercise than a way of life. In what ways can you live out your faith in your daily life?

How can your daily practices be like the dripping of water, or the kneading of bread?