Intellectual ascent alone is inadequate Intellectual ascent alone is inadequate. We must experience the risen Christ.
John 20:19-29
There is no locked door that can keep the risen Christ out There is no locked door that can keep the risen Christ out. He enters through the locked doors of our hearts and speaks, “Peace – Shalom.”
Belief and Doubt
“I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother’s death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.” – John Irving
Carl Jung, when asked if he believed in God now – “Now Carl Jung, when asked if he believed in God now – “Now? Difficult to answer. I know. I don’t need to believe, I know.”
Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
“God formed a human from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living being.” – Genesis 2:7
Inhale – Yah Exhale – weh
May you practice resurrection with every breath you take.