Hope

Hope, Faith & Formation

Hope & Faith

Hope is something we all seek. Some of us find it. Many of us search and never quite do—or we find something that proves unsatisfying or unhelpful.

I locate my hope within my faith. But that hope reflects what I have found and lived into. It may not match what you have found—or what you are seeking.

Faith, for me, has not been a straight line or a settled possession. It has been shaped slowly: through practice and doubt, trust and disappointment, loss and return.

This journey holds reflections on how hope and faith are formed over time—often under pressure. Not as certainty, but as endurance. Not as answers, but as posture.

I grew up assuming faith was primarily about believing the right things. Over time, I’ve come to understand faith more as learning how to live—how to attend, how to trust, how to remain open to God when clarity is absent or when inherited frameworks begin to fracture.

Hope, in this sense, is not optimism. It is not the denial of loss or suffering. It is the decision to remain oriented toward life, meaning, and goodness—even when those feel distant or incomplete.

Formation Rather Than Certainty

Much of what appears here reflects a shift from faith as ideology to faith as formation.

I’m interested in how practices, stories, habits, communities, and images of God quietly shape us over time—often more powerfully than arguments or doctrines. This includes examining how certain theological systems form fear, shame, rigidity, or control, as well as how others cultivate humility, trust, resilience, and love.

Some of what you’ll encounter here is unfinished. Some reflects change. Some names loss. That is intentional. Formation implies movement.

What This Journey Holds

This journey may include reflections on:

  • Faith, doubt, and trust
  • Practices that shape attention, presence, and prayer
  • Scripture as a living, formative story
  • Reconsideration of inherited theological frameworks
  • Naming and releasing distorted images of God
  • Holding hope amid ambiguity, grief, and unresolved questions

None of this is offered as instruction.

It is offered as witness.

A Way of Walking

I do not assume that faith looks the same for everyone, or that it unfolds at the same pace. Nor do I believe certainty is the measure of faithfulness.

This journey is for those who are learning—sometimes slowly—how to remain open, grounded, and responsive to God in the midst of real life.

Hope, here, is not a conclusion.

Faith, here, is not a possession.

Formation is ongoing.