Gordon McDonald is always worth reading.  He’s been down most roads we’ve been down and he writes with winsome skill.  He wrote an article on Anne Rice’s recent decision to walk away from Christianity.  She has much in common with many who love Jesus but not his wife…

here are a couple of great excerpts: 

describing a man who walked away from his faith:

“…his experience of conversion (and there is an experience) wore out by not being renewed or deepened. It was only a conversion with a twelve-year-old date on it.”

and

“As I struggled to understand what had happened, I came to the conclusion that there is an experiential sense in which commitment to Jesus remains vigorous only if one re-believes and renews his/her conversion every day. As Paul writes, “Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,” and as my friend the alcoholic says, ‘It’s one day at a time, baby.’ “

full article here