On the difference between visible faith and performed faith, and what remains when no one is watching.
I grew up in a church where faith was very visible. You could see it in the clothes, hear it in the volume of the prayers, count it in the number of services attended in a week. There was a great deal that was beautiful about that world, and I still carry much of it with me.
But somewhere along the way I began to notice how easily visible faith turns into performed faith.
Money is very good at one job: buying the freedom to say no. It needs clear instructions to do it.
Adult friendships survive because someone maintains them. Usually that someone has to be you.
We are handed beliefs before we can examine them. Choosing them later is a form of respect.
Competition gets the blame. Cash timing, founder bandwidth and drift do most of the damage.