Belief and Believing In
by Lori Peterson, Associate Vice President and Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies
A few years ago, I was part of a group of faculty and staff at Augsburg that gathered to reflect on our individual sense of vocation and our collective sense of calling as a College. It was an inspiring, deeply reflective set of days spent reading, thinking, and sharing. One of our culminating experiences was to write a “This I Believe” essay, based on the popular 1950’s radio series hosted by Edward R. Murrow. The exercise of writing and the essays that emerged were powerful. In reflection on the work of writing my essay, though, it seems to me that there is a difference between articulating what we believe (know to be true) and what we believe in. For me, believing in something is the definition of faith.
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