TRIP VS. JOURNEY

TRIP•Moving from one place to another•Often will not see anything, just passing time between places or just being taken from one place to the next.•Nothing seems to change.• You are not in control, just being taken from one place to the next.•Usually short duration

 

Journey

More than travel, journey is an experience that changes us, helps us see new things.

There is always something new to see, to learn about and be involved with.

There is a sense of adventure, being part of a story.

Is religion a trip or journey??

Religion is discovering life answers through experience.

Religion is finding answers to textbook questions.

Religion is a life-long search Religion is waiting on the unexpected Religion gives students answers, facts, questions

with definite answers, the basics of “what I believe”.

Religion involves learning the expected, the predictable.

Religion is look at life with a fresh prespective Religious language involves story telling about

the ways in which God shares himself with people.

RELIGION CAN BE A TRIP AND A JOURNEY

Through our faith we see life as a journey to

• Self• Others

• God