Chapter 8--gods: our tiny invisible friends

So, I know that some of you went to CIY this summer and were faced with the whole story of Moses and the Israelites and their golden calf. I know that you had to create a representation of your own false idols and demolish them. So, for most of you, this isn't new territory--this idea that we all fall short--we all manage to screw our priorities way up.
The last paragraph of this chapter reads:
...I knew Christ, but I was not a practicing Christian. I had the image of a spiritual person, but I was bowing down to the golden cows of religiosity and philosophy. It was one of those enlightenments, one of those honest looks in the mirror in which there is no forgetting who you are. It was a moment without make-believe...

I really experienced that with this chapter--all THREE times I have read it, I have had to take yet another "honest look in the mirror" and I am ashamed that, after three times, I am STILL missing opportunities left and right to be authentic and genuine. I am struggling STILL with reaching out to the broken. I am struggling STILL with not just getting completely ticked off when people fall short of my expectations (or unfortunately live up to them when my expectations are so low). I am STILL a fighter by nature and I struggle almost daily with biting my tongue when someone comes after one of my own. And, I'm not sure why I keep falling down, but I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that I haven't really tried hard enough to put some things behind me.

I guess, my question is, how are you guys handling your false idols--"our tiny invisible friends"? Are you still struggling with the same things you owned up to this summer? If not, what have you done to make sure that doesn't happen? I could really use the advice! If you are, what are we doing wrong?

Chapter 5--Faith

In this chapter Donald Miller talks a lot about Faith vs. Rationality. His friend Laura's "process" of believing in Jesus really made me reflect on my own journey of becoming a Christian. I don't think I have ever questioned God's existence outrightly (is that a word?). However, I fully own up to the fact that faith is not entirely rational. I may once have struggled with that, but the closer I grow to God the more I not only accept the mystery of it all, but actually enjoy it. I struggle sometimes with how to explain it to someone who really needs something rational to believe in, but I'm working on still trying.

What do you make of the ideas Miller presented about faith vs. rationality and the idea that we have a "radar" inside us that leads us to believe?