The Barefoot Evangelist

Many people will tell you that faith matters because of sin, or brokenness, or the devil. Those are theological arguments. They are not the reason we keep faith.

Faith matters because when you find yourself in the darkest corner of your life, God is the one who stays. However you understand God – that presence remains.

Faith is not instinct. It is practice.
Like music or sport, it is built slowly, deliberately. Prayer is how we speak. Meditation is how we learn to listen.

When life is easy – when money flows, health holds, and joy comes readily – faith feels optional. Pleasant. Social. Nice to have.

But faith is not for the easy days.
Faith is for the days when you are exhausted, afraid, uncertain, and alone.

And that is why we practice in the good times.
We pray even when we don’t feel it.
We sit in silence.
We read scripture.
We ask hard questions.
We refuse the lie that faith requires leaving our intelligence behind.

Because when the worst day comes – and it will come – you will not be empty-handed. You will know how to ask God to stay. You will know how to listen. And you will know how to begin walking, slowly, back toward the light.