Berwyn Watson, Rev. Master

I was talking to someone recently who was feeling depressed about the value of their life. Having cancer that seemed like it may spread brought a review of “What is it all for?”

The question of meaning—whether this life has meaning or not—seems to go beyond questions about whether we need religion or not. It seems to be even more fundamental. After all we can find meaning through entirely secular, non-religious beliefs, such as seeing the value of supporting our family or the pursuit of scientific truth, but it seems fundamental to us all that we seek meaning in what we do.

The main question for me is how this fundamental search for meaning fits in with what we call faith.

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