Faith is a journey you don’t do alone.

This is one of the most important distinctions about the Christian faith. If you are Buddhist, you can and must pursue your personal enlightenment alone. If you are a Hindu, you can make your personal sacrifices, carry out your personal rituals, and attempt to attain “nirvana” alone. If you are of one of the other Abrahamic religions, you try to live morally by the laws and teachings set before you. It’s a personal journey.

But if you are a Christian, you cannot live out your faith alone. Because Christianity is a relational faith. It’s all about relationships. Your relationship with God. Your relationship with Jesus. Your relationship with each other. Your relationship with yourself. Your relationship with the world. Your relationship with nature. …