An important factor when coming to equilibrium in one’s faith is the need to recognize that we simply do not know all there is to know about the Divine. It’s easy to proclaim otherwise because people respond quite well when they are given the black or white choices we favor in life. No fence riding here. It’s either right or wrong with little left to the imagination, even when well-founded.

In recent decades the literal Word and its myriad interpretations has become a standard bearer for many. Others point to an anything goes progressive vanguard that, according to some, will c...