Lauren W: Learning from Doubt and Finding Happiness on the Other Side

Lauren W. grew up in a home where religious questions were welcomed, so she was surprised when her questions as a young adult led to a faith crisis. Lauren talks about the slow and steady process that led her to appreciate her faith as well as the questions themselves in a more mature, nuanced way.

Further Reading In Faith is Not Blind:

“Learning from experience teaches us in ways that nothing else can. . . Central to that growth process is mortality’s unique opportunity to let us learn by experience—by practice—which is the only way we can develop capacities and skills.”

(Faith Is Not Blind, Chapter 9 “The Value of the Veil,” pp. 73-4)