"I believe in Jesus, because . . . ."

Earlier this month I banged out a brief post asking why we believe. I did so having viewed both an episode of Dawkins’ series attacking and belittling people of faith, and a thoughtful three minute vlog by a young woman who talked about her own reasons for being atheist (sorry I did not keep that link – it was really good). At the time it dawned on me, as I think I mentioned in the post, that I don’t think I could adequately answer the question: why I believe.

I’ve thought about it off & on now for most of August – looking for a way to put into words and images something tangible about why it is I believe so passionately in Jesus, and in our OC/IC tradition (I know its an expansion of the original point, but not entirely un-related). When I posted I thought to myself it would be fun to create a video exploring the elements that I find compelling in Christ that persuade me to believe. I started looking for examples of what others have done – just to see if anyone has done similar, and what they are like. Here, thanks to Ministry Camp (which is a neat site in itself) I’ve found some other examples.

As part of the interviews I’m doing to build the Indie Voices Archive, one of the base questions I’ve been asking is: tell me about your journey to the Indie community. Here, in this post, I’m asking if you would not mind sharing what persuades you to believe in Christ. Anyone wanting to do a video answer, or a non-text answer is welcome – if you need help simply drop me a note.

In the meantime I’m still sitting with the question – and exploring ways of conveying, if only in fragments, what compells me to believe.