[EirinnMoChroi]

All of us experience ups and downs with our religious faith. Sometimes we are really on fire for God and other times we are pretty weak. What do some of you do to keep yourself motivated? What do you do to bring yourself back up when you are feeling down?

I think one of the most important things is developing a sense of community. I think it's pretty hard to do that in a country where some of us live in places with so few Muslims, but we should try to develop a community where ever we are. I get some of the warmest feelings whenever I enter a church and it's because, when I was a child, I attended church 2-3 times a week and had friends and a community in my church. My church was a second home to me. Unfortunately, our local masjid doesn't have that same feeling. There is a relatively large Muslim community here in Madison, but there is not much to do through the masjid. In a situation like that, where a sense of community is pretty weak, how do you keep yourself strong?

ps- I do plan to talk to my masjid about this and see what I can do/what others can do to try to deepen a sense of community for Madison Muslims. I simply used it as an example.

[BaronChairman]

Plain, simple curiosity and a sense of total confusion.

[Scarfy]

going to the masjid. i feel like i'm home there. it's a great feeling.