Naivety

I am reading an excellent book called "I Heard The Owl Call My Name" by Margaret Craven, about an Anglican priest sent to an American Indian village in British Columbia. I have found it so engrossing I have read the first half today.

I have found myself touched by the following quote:

"'There were two kinds of naivety' he said, quoting Schweitzer; ' one not even aware of the problems, and another which has knocked on all the doors of knowledge and knows man (sic) can explain little and is still willing to follow his (sic) convictions into the unknown.'" page 29

While I would not claim to have knocked on all the doors of knowledge, I do feel that the more I have studied, prayed and experienced, the more I am aware of how much I do not know.

This may well be one of the reasons I am so happy to have found my way into a church which describes itself as non-dogmatic. There is room here for me to journey into the unknown; not having to sign up to statements that use language I am not comfortable with; and to have fellow travellers who are naive in this way - knowing that we cannot know all the answers, especially about the mystery that is God.

Blessings

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Amma Bridget