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 ====== Faith in the Modern World II ... ======
-Wednesday, Dec 28, 2017.
+Thursday, Dec 28, 2017. Do you have faith? What is your life built on? What is it that forms
+the frame of your existence? What is it that shapes your thoughts, your emotions, your decisions,
+your actions, your relationships? What is the role of faith for a human today? What can it
+be?
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 ** Does Faith have its Space? ...**
+Does faith have its space today? What is its role in our life? Many people today live without God,
+at least without an explicit reference to God. They follow their daily routine, with sleep and
+work, with family, kids or parents, with food and drink, with sports and leisure, with various
+activities. Where is God? What is his role in all of this?
+Everyone of us gets into those special situations, the highlights of or life. We face limit experiences.
+We face particular emotional events. That can be the birth of a child. Or the start of school, the
+start of a new part of our life. It can be when we get through some exam. It can be when we start
+a new job. When we date someone the first time, when we fall in love. It can be the day of our marriage,
+or the day of the first, second or third child. It can be particular special occasions, fantastic
+nature we experience, or some performance, some piece of art.
+There are also times of trouble. There are times where we get into fights or unpleasant experiences. There
+are days or years of illness. There is the day when some friend or loved one dies. There are these
+events which show us that the daily routine is only a part of our life - there is the beginning and
+the end.
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-**  ...**
+** Faith in all of it! ...**
+Where is God in all of this? Is faith something for the nice Sunday mornings? Or is it consolation
+for the times of trouble? What is the role of faith? Is it basically an ethical guidance? Or just some
+generic framework for us to live - God as the first mover?
+The biblical idea of faith is much deeper. It is much wider! It is touching all what we are, what we do,
+what we think, what we feel, what we decide. The bible talks about God, who created the heaven and the
+earth, who made all living beings in it. He knows all about us, and he wants to be with us on all levels
+of our life. Faith is an exciting adventure, which touches the daily routine as well as the special
+occasions. It touches and penetrates our whole existence. It provides a framework, but transcends this
+framework at the same time, giving an eternal perspective to our life.
+We want to explore this faith, we want to learn about this perspective, in the coming year 2018. We
+want to look at all its parts, want to touch all the layers of our life, step by step. Let us explore
+faith, explore life with a living God!
 (Roland Potthast)
 [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/topics_collection_ix|... further texts]]
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