By Karen Eliasen — 2014
In this article for Thinking Faith, Karen Eliasen thinks about why de Mello could have been well-described as a ‘contemplative in action’.
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I think faith is much more of an everyday thing...Hope is faith, to me. They’re intertwined. You have to believe things can get better, and you have to believe there is a bigger force at work.
Any movement that seeks social improvement is a faith-based one – but we must resist harking back to limiting certainties.
Sometimes, when things don’t go according to plan, we lose faith, not only in ourselves, but also in any potential outcome in our lives. Failure will do that to you.
Faith is an expression of hope for something better. More than a wish, it is closer to a belief, but not quite. A belief is rooted in the mind. Faith is based in the heart.