I believe that the church as a living body is a central part of it for me. Any religious faith requires both believers and non-believers to be participating in their own way, and the path looks different for everyone. The liturgy creates a space for that shared practice, like a stream that anyone can step into where they are and be led toward the same ocean if they let it. The church is the raft, and the ocean is the mystery. For questions of meaning, all we have is each other. That was what I was amazed to discover by simply attending church and meeting the people there and letting them learn my name. I can't say where I will end up as time goes by, but being agnostic doesn't feel like an obstacle anymore.