I would like to introduce to ya'll Daylan who is going to be joining us. She goes to my church here in the 'Robe, and will join us as we explore this book.

I want to echo Jeanette's thing about truth. I struggle with this a bit, but I more wrestle with having understood things and not knowing what to do about it. For instance, my church has such a developed understanding of the power and sovereignty of God, but it struggles in how to live this out.

I don't think the world needs some new shining idea of truth to get things straight. It seems that we have known all along that loving those around us and loving God is the way it works. There is some confusion as to this warranting overseas initiatives, establishing our environments in suffering urban areas, etc. But really it comes down to loving the people we are around. I think we know this, but the depth of our knowledge is lacking. For instance, I've always had a heart to assist poverty in Africa, but that same heart grew in three times its size when I began to visit there often and develop relationships with people there.

Could we already know 99% of truth as it comes to how to live and have faith? Could we simply need to deepen this understanding more than we thought possible? Is truth overrated and living overlooked?