(Read, pray, Learn.)--Being Christian means being both a believer and a philosopher; we should use our lives like an artist and let our lives be the canvas of hopes, prayers, and good deeds done in honor and as a humble servant of God. We can use the ability to think and analyze life to produce a plethora of beautiful pleasing things that please God. Goodness resides in the details, in both why we are living our Faith and how we are living it. Do we believe in irony or providence? How do we approach truth? What is essential in our lives as Christians? We have the Word; we have prayers; we have rituals. Together this provides a wonderful religious sequence, a progression of thought into action. Truth affirms truth. Unity arrives. As Christians we have to handle the instruments of our faith confidently, patiently, delicately. The aim is never to possess or hoard our faith but simply to have and share it. We can be both gardener and geologist as our lives as Christians will at times ask us to do different things; we might have to nurture others as they learn how to cultivate their love of God; we might need to dig into Holy Scripture to understand it and how to be a servant of God doing his work. Being Christian asks us to move beyond simply superficial. Being Christian asks us to move beyond having a fragmentary existence into a fellowship of wholeness, goodness and holiness with God. We are asked to be literary, oratorical, visual artists in God’s loving service; each of us have our own unique personal philosophy on being Christian and loving God. We are pioneers for ourselves, each other, and new converts. We exist to give a living breathing smile face to the abstract word Christian.
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