I think we’ve lost the wonder of it all, don’t you?  I feel like the more I learn, the less magic there is.  Our quest and obsession for knowledge, to have an answer for every question thrown our way, has maybe taken some of the faith out of faith.  And I’m not sure the last time my faith has been child-like.  Full of wide-eyed wonder, unconditional love, dreaming impossible dreams.

American Christianity (and when I say that, I mean this kind of sub-committee, business-oriented, denominationally-driven, “worship center”, rule-driven religion) is choking the magic of the Creator.  It’s taking away my ability to fall head first, to dream in impossibilities, to live in wonder and awe.

And I’m letting it happen.

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“There is no use in trying,” said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.”

“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,”said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

        ~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland