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Walter Harrington
  alongside Church of Christ
I slowly transitioned from worshiping correct doctrine, to worshiping the One on whom all doctrine depends. ...what this journey has taught me most poignantly is that a shallow faith that is based on confident answers and untouchable positions, is very fragile. It is like a house built on sand, if not for the very reason that this type of faith is built on something other than Jesus.
I grew up in the institutional churches. Well, I grew up in a church that honestly rode the line between institutional and non-institutional (NI), but I wouldn’t realize that until much later in life, and we certainly thought of ourselves as institutional. Actually, I didn’t really know much about the NI churches. I just knew we weren’t them. After thinking about it for a while, I realized that I also disagree with the institutional churches. My faith had become my own, and I held many nontraditional views. Further, I am a strong proponent of unity, and one of my biggest frustrations with the subgroups in the churches of Christ is that they are so divided and won’t talk to each other. I believe that the unity of Christ's body should be pursued fervently, and I want to be a bridge-builder for my fellow brethren. I want to challenge people to think about their faith and beliefs, to go deeper, and to build their faith on the rock that is Christ Jesus. I want to ease the tensions that have cut through our fellowships. I want to know the love of Christ, and share that with my fellow Christians and with the world.
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Emily Wilson
  alongside Christian Catholic
I was just living my own faith; living a quiet example. [At college] I came to this fork in the road in my life. I thought , "I could just give this all up. My whole faith thing. Trying to live virtue, and be a woman who lives her values and stands up for her faith. I could just abandon that whole thing. Or, I could continue to do this." I new that taking the world's route was not going to lead me to the freedom, peace and joy in my life that I knew I needed.
I decided to dig in deeper. And I thought, "Who can I be friends with?" I prayed for community and good friends. So, I became friends with Andrea, and had this women's group that met every week. I met women who wanted the same path that I was walking on."
So, throughout the rest of college, after meeting those women, it became much easier to live my faith. There was never a time where I completely abandoned my faith. In college, and beyond, I have been learning and learning about my faith; and growing in my faith and reading and praying and walking with the Lord. And that's the beautiful thing. Faith has been this up-and-down journey.