How do I relate to faith? How did Don Richardson relate to Faith? How do the Sawi relate to faith?

Even though everyone relates to faith differently, there is still one universal idea of faith that we can all relate to; trust. For example, I relate to faith in terms with my family, friends and my everyday activities. Even though, my faith is not tied to religious aspects, i still can have trust and confidence with my family in the fact that they will be there to be my adherents. I can also have trust in my friends when I need there thought or opinion. Lastly, I can have confidence in small everyday activities such as eating lunch at the cafeteria that the cafeteria ladies will not contaminate my food. Even though there are no religious aspects, faith is still evident in my life.

Don Richardson on the other hand has a much more significant relationship towards faith. Because he has a strong religious connection, he relates to faith in a more significant way than I do. Don Richardson relies, believes, and trusts in God. Don Richardson’s every actions are done in the glory of God. Don Richardson’s faith in God is conveyed in the novel, Peace Child. In the novel, Peace Child, Don Richardson’s experiences in New Guinea are illustrated. The main reason for his journey to New Guinea was to share the word of God in an uncivilized culture. He trusted in God through his faith that God will protect him. Don Richardson uses faith as a sole connection to God.

The Sawi culture has a mixture of my relationship to faith and Don Richardson’s relationship with faith. This is due to their transformation from an uncivilized culture, to Christ followers. At first, their culture did not rely on faith due to the fact that their culture valued treachery. However, even within a culture that revolved around treachery, the Sawi people still trusted and had faith within their family and tribe. However, as Don Richardson shared the words form the gospel and his connection with the “peace child” and Jesus Christ, the Sawi culture changed radically. After the conversion, they found new faith in God, and valued peace. This relationship faith moved from a relationship to faith that could only be found in family connections to a relationship that was found through everything that they had done.

Even though all three examples have a different connection to faith, they still connected to faith through the concept of trust. Trust was used in my life in terms of family and friends, whereas Don Richardson used trust in terms of God and Christianity. Also the Sawi culture had trust in family and they also had trust in the peace child, Jesus Christ.