Starting the faith journey 1 ...

Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011. We start a faith journey this week. We want to explore some basics of Christian faith. What is it about?

Usually, when we book a journey, we have heard something about the land we travel to. We have seen pictures. We are attracted by something we have heard. We belive that this is the same for you. You are attracted by something in the land of faith - even if it is not hundred percent clear, what exactly that is.

Company …

Usually, we do not travel alone. People are going with us - often family, but sometimes colleagues and other people.

Who is our company for our faith journey. Here, the Jesus Network Team will be your company, that is the people who are behind the network, the texts, the webservers we run. But there are many more, the Christians which are in your neighborhood, the people in a local church somewhere close to you. There are many on a similar journey, they travel with you.

We want to be your company. We have travelled the path already. We want to show you some of the things which can be discovered on the way. We want to give you hints, but we do not want to impose our view on you. You need to discover yourself and shape your own views about the land of faith!

Decision to start …

A journey starts with the decision to go. Here, it is the decision to explore the land of faith. It is the decision to explore God, to learn about him, to get to know him.

Yes, I want to get to know God. I want to know who he is, want to meet him myself if that is possible. That is the starting point of a journey into the land of faith. With this we can go …

There are important further remarks to be made. We will continue with them and with our journey over the next days. ... more texts