Back in 1957, when the first Russian cosmonauts flew into space, one of them came back with the brave announcement that he had been "up there," but he didn't see God.  He was looking in the wrong place, and so do we.  We need to look within.

One of my favorite religious authors, Karen Armstrong, makes this point when she shares her own testimony in a book called, A History of God:

"As a child, I had a number of strong religious beliefs but little faith in God.  There is a distinction between belief in a set of propositions and a faith which enab…