I once heard somebody talk about how one of the big reasons deconstruction can be scary is that it feels like you have to let go of all your beliefs at once, which is an extremely difficult thing to do. He talked about how we chose one core belief to be his “life raft” and gave himself permission to question everything else, but to accept this one thing at face value.

As I’ve deconstructed, my life raft has been that God is love, and that Jesus is God incarnate. It was incredible to me how much easier it became to process the rest of my questions when I had permission to just accept and believe that Jesus is the God who loves us.

Has anyone else heard of this idea? If so, or if not, what is/would be your life raft?

I’m interested to know how other people approach reading the Bible, and what it means to read the Bible well.

For me, reading the Bible well means reading in context, as revelation, for Christ, through the Holy Spirit, with the Church, from the margins, by faith.

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