confessions not convictions

I like what Leonard Sweet says in Soul Salsa on page 107:

“I try to have confessions, not convictions.”

“I am more interested in relational prepositions than in doctrinal propositions. Relational prepositions are words that draw into/within/among/between/amidst a divine connection. Doctrinal propositions separate people into categories and camps and positions. It’s the difference between faith as a set of ideas about Christ to be believed or a relationship with Christ that is lived.”