Words of Hope

What Do You Doubt?

If we don’t doubt what we hear, if we don’t ask questions and seek answers, do we believe anything?

Adapted from a sermon at First United Methodist Church of Orlando.

Photo by Niklas Hamann on Unsplash

Doubt is a powerful thing. In our culture where answers to anything can be discovered with a Google search, we doubt things we can’t answer, define, or discover.

We live in a world where saying, “I don’t know” is a weakness. We’re taught to always portray confidence and strength of conviction, even when we’re not sure or unclear. This is super unhealthy.

What do you doubt?

I asked this question earlier this week on my social media channels. Here are some of the responses:

• I doubt anti-science thinking.
• The Orlando Magic.
• When I meet someone who is fully certain in what they believe they know, especially in fields of absolute black and white thinking, I tend to criticize and doubt.
• The intentions of the people around me. … I watch the movements in the world and suffering often looks like an opportunity for grabbing attention rather than charity.
• The Atlanta Braves bullpen.