Certainty is not the enemy of faith

Normally, I don’t pay too much attention to the quotes people share online. But every once in a while I see one that makes my heart hurt. One of those is a quote from Ann Lamott: “The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.”

Why does this quote bother me? Is it because I have no room for doubt or uncertainty in my theology? Not at all. But the concept behind it still bothers me. It speaks to a deep confusion I suspect many of us struggle with, which stems from our struggle with absolut...