Song to contemplate

My wife is not a fan of this song, but I cannot get enough of it. For you Rob Bell fans, this is the song that underscores the "Rhythm" Nooma.

How do you help people find their faith?

The other day I did the funeral for Miss Elizabeth Rhodes (aka Betty).  Her nephew, Nick, is a film director who lives in Austin.  He had a great voice when reading scripture and as the family walked to the grave site, I found myself wanting to ask Nick where he learned to read so well.  I discovered he was an actor and now a director and his mother is a Juilliard trained opera singer and she taught him the importance of breathing.

As we walked along he asked me a question, since we were sharing professional opinions on a subject matter.  He asked, "How do you help people find their faith?"

I asked him why he asked that question.

He replied that many of his friends are okay with religion as a whole but are agnostic of in his term "faith-less", that he wanted to know how or if he could help his friends (who want to believe there is More).

I have an answer to this question which I gave to him, but I wanted to know if any of you who read this might be willing to supply a response?

How do you help people find their faith?

Another's thoughts

Much has been written about the Pew study which looks at American's knowledge of religion.  Here is a recent commentary that was shared with me by my friend, Neil.  In case you have not gotten enough of the conversation yet.


By the way, bonus points if you can honestly share/know (that is without using Google) the answer to "What is the doctrine of the immaculate conception?"