I have over the years dismissed simple faith, viewing it as either ignorant or stagnant. Only lately have I begun to recognize a profound quality of simple faith and the dynamism and struggle involved. It is easy to complicate one's faith. The real challenge is to maintain faith in all its simplicity! Simple faith clearly is a leap across the chasm of unanswered questions. That is the beauty of it.
~ from "The Gift of Simple Faith" by Richard B. Patterson in Spiritual Life, Spring '98
No deep darkness in the world Can overcome the light. A single candle flame will burn Against the darkest night. Let all the world of darkness come ... Resentment, envy, fears. Then light the single flame of love the darkness disappears!
