Struggling with Faith
In honor of Soren Kierkegaard's lesser feast tomorrow, I would like to share a recent poem about struggling with faith. Kierkegaard wrote a lot about struggling with faith and what faith is. He thought about faith as a passion. Sometimes metaphor is the most helpful way to go. Faith Faith seems Like kind of a bitch You think you know her well And all of a sudden she's gone Leaving behind her bipolar sister Doubt, who requires constant tending Yet after all the hospice care All the tears and broken prayers When Faith waltzes back in It's like sun shining through the cracks Of six months of stormy clouds And of course, you welcome her back With open arms, not believing your luck Ready to throw the grandest of grand Celebrations in her honor Naturally, only after some time, Do you realize you're still pushing her sister Around in the wheelchair Everywhere you go Complain, yes you do, occasionally mightily But always when you curl up at night You're grateful she...