Category: Jesus
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Surrender
I have been contemplating surrender lately; surrender and freewill. The power of the world around us can feel overwhelming. It can feel like we are powerless, that life happens to us in ways against our own wills. That powerlessness frightens me. The story of Jesus is poignant when it comes to our questions of power… Read more
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The Bride of Christ
“Who has the bride is the bridegroom.” John 3:29 “While all the sacred writings are holy, the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies.” Rabbi Akiva When Jesus says he is the bridegroom, Sophie Strand claims it is in reference to the Song of Songs. The beloved is all of creation… and its partner… Read more
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Jesus and the Adulteress
Jesus says, insofar as a man thinks of adultery he has committed adultery. One would respond to this, as I know I did, “then it is impossible to not commit adultery.” This I believe is the trick of the phrase… We can spend our lives trying to control our every thought, and suffering through our… Read more
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It is we who give the lashings to Christ:
It is we who give the lashings to Christ, when we slash down and thresh the wheat, or fell the tree. It is Christ we kill when we slit the throat of a sheep for meat, or bash the gasping fish for food. It is Christ we bleed when we tread the grapes, and blood… Read more
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Life, Death, and the Continuation of Identity
The thought of immortality or eternal life as an unchanging continuation of our earthly identity is contrary to everything we experience on earth. Our experiences here should enlighten and teach us. If the truths we learn here are not useful in the Grander Reality, whatever that might be, then we are in a state of… Read more
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Jesus in His Hometown
When Jesus heals, it is a metaphor for the healing of our hearts and our minds, our spirits. So, when he is in his hometown, and they ask him to do the miracles that he does abroad, he cannot perform the miracles. He cannot perform the miracles, because the people of his home do not… Read more