Well, GP, maybe God is calling you to let go of your stereotype that only Christians are the caring people and that once people start being really caring souls, God will turn them into Christians. Some of the best people I've ever met weren't; some of the skunkiest people I've met are. And vice versa. Non-Christians pray for people and hold people they DON'T EVEN KNOW in the light of whatever faith and love they know, just as people here do for you. Open, loving hearts don't belong to any denomination or creed, and maybe you're being called by your Creator to step outside some of the limitations you're placing on the human soul, your own included.

The conclusion I came to on my long walk of spiritual doubt and wonder and enlargement was that at some level ALL theology boils down to arguments over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or other such meaningless minutiae, as limited minds (ours) grapple with and try to articulate the Limitless. What matters is how we live on this Earth, what we do with our gifts, how much we can include and love unconditionally -- without requiring that others join our "club" -- and just how much joy and celebration we can bring to our own lives and the lives of those we touch. Personally, I believe that having fun, actually being human while we have a human body to be in, is a holy calling. Sort of like noticing the color purple.

Much evil is done in the name of serving Him, without caring about the lower-case hims and hers that populate our planet. Maybe, as Joe Offer indicates, looking a bit closer to home on the spiritual plane, can help us anchor ourselves in a daily life that illuminates us and those our lives touch.

WW