Faith Isn’t a Feeling—But That Doesn’t Mean You Should Feel Nothing

Faith Isn’t a Feeling—But That Doesn’t Mean You Should Feel Nothing

We’ve been warned not to let our feelings define our faith. And fair enough—emotions are fickle. They’re shaped by bad sleep, awkward conversations and existential dread at 2 a.m. Building your entire theology around them isn’t wise. But in the process of keeping our feelings from running the show, many of us learned to shut them out entirely. We started treating emotions like distractions from the “real” work of trusting God—background noise to…