I like one of the things that the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor had to say in a recent PBS interview. She’s an Episcopal priest whom Baylor University named as one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English language. Here’s her comment that struck me:
Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun to turn instead toward a definition of faith as openness to truth, whatever truth may turn out to be.
I would add that openness to truth goes hand in hand with trust in God. When we recite the Apostles’ Creed or Nicene Creed, the very first thing we declare is our trust in God: “We believe in one God ….” If we trust in God, we won’t shrink from truth, whatever it may turn out to be.
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