Thank you for this thoughtful post, Jamie! I have been thinking a lot about curiosity too, and asking myself what is Godly? Great food for thought! ❤️🙏🏻
I grew up in the Catholic Church (notice I didn't say "the Catholic faith") because I was not very astute to doctrine, councils, history, etc. Yet, there was absolutely no place that gave me more confidence, peace, and joy, whether as a Catholic school student, or when just sitting in the pew alone in front of the Tabernacle, praying my own way. I was happy and blessed, even though I was also quite ignorant and blind to much. It wasn't until many years after graduating college and diving into my career that I started to find out how much hatred there was for the Catholic Church ... and I didn't know why. I started to get challenged about why Catholics believe in this or that, and I didn't know how to respond. I never doubted my faith, but still .... I didn't know how to respond. That's when I started re-learning ... or perhaps ... learning for the first time how to defend my faith and the Church. Knowledge is power, but it is only capable of moving hearts in union with prayer and humility. There's still much to learn and discover. :)
Thank you for this thoughtful post, Jamie! I have been thinking a lot about curiosity too, and asking myself what is Godly? Great food for thought! ❤️🙏🏻
Thank you for reading and for sharing the kind words! Curiosity can quickly lead us to what is not Godly, or distract us from the Godly.
Enjoyed this post Jamie! It reminds me of our notes conversation from a month (or two) ago!
Thanks, Mandy! I enjoyed our conversation and still think of it often!
This was great. I first learned about curiositas/studiositas only last year, but the framework has been helpful.
This post from Hadden dovetails with yours, namely how this vice can become for us a "spectacle of wisdom" instead of being formed by it: https://overthefield.substack.com/p/the-perilous-spectacle-of-wisdom
Thanks, Haley! I am often looking for more resources that touch on curiosity, so this link is much appreciated :)
I grew up in the Catholic Church (notice I didn't say "the Catholic faith") because I was not very astute to doctrine, councils, history, etc. Yet, there was absolutely no place that gave me more confidence, peace, and joy, whether as a Catholic school student, or when just sitting in the pew alone in front of the Tabernacle, praying my own way. I was happy and blessed, even though I was also quite ignorant and blind to much. It wasn't until many years after graduating college and diving into my career that I started to find out how much hatred there was for the Catholic Church ... and I didn't know why. I started to get challenged about why Catholics believe in this or that, and I didn't know how to respond. I never doubted my faith, but still .... I didn't know how to respond. That's when I started re-learning ... or perhaps ... learning for the first time how to defend my faith and the Church. Knowledge is power, but it is only capable of moving hearts in union with prayer and humility. There's still much to learn and discover. :)
I relate to your story! Knowledge only goes so far without having encountered the Lord.