Faith

I was watching a program about a primitive society on one of my obscure channels. They commented on the bizarre religious rituals of the people. As opposed to drinking wine like it was blood or not eating pig flesh? I’m in touch with many of my high school friends and we’ve hit the mid-sixties. I’ve noticed a distinct migration to “faith” as the ills of old age beset them. I won’t go into a deep analysis of the fear and control origins of religion, nor dismiss the value. Doing the right thing produces positive outcomes and however you get there is almost irrelevant. I ran a mental health/drug & alcohol clinic and faith was the only thing that kept some in the program. If that’s what was needed, fine. But don’t lose sight of the fact that faith doesn’t do it alone. I had a coach who used to admonish us, “Pray like it’s up to God. But play like it’s up to you.”