Grays

I read an interview in the Christian Century with the novelist Ron Hanson. In response to a question, Ron had this to say about 'Christian fiction':

Christian fiction sets up a situation that's too pat, with good and evil too diametrically opposed. People are much more complicated than that. The other thing about that kind of fiction is that if you don't have an altar call at the end, people think it has failed. People should carry the thoughts of a book they've read around with them for a while and then move, ever so gradually, toward some new conviction.

Exactly. Life is not B & W. It's complex. When religion tries to over-simplify life, it is bearing false witness.

The Grays of life can be amazing--because they're real. It is real life that Christ calls us to. Not some make-believe. My experience has been that in the messy grays of life is where God comes to me with grace.