We are all just running the race; some a little faster and some a little slower. But we are each doing our best to find our own pace and keep up with the team. But we have no idea of knowing if we are at mile 24 of the marathon, or mile 10, or mile 2. We don’t know when the next break will come or when we will have to pick up the pace again.

What is a totem? How does it inspire and inform our faith? Modern-day Christians weren’t the only ones with symbols, with totems that encouraged their faith in God.