QUESTIONING ORTHODOX IDEAS OF GOD
Jesus said that God is Spirit
was always present with him, and can be with us all.
The Kingdom of God is not in some distant heaven, but here and now.
was always present with him, and can be with us all.
The Kingdom of God is not in some distant heaven, but here and now.
God can not then be set apart a distant, awesome judge, to be faced fearfully, as church doctrine would tell us
God is not to be met in fear, trembling, at life's end, but in thankfulness and awe every day of our life.
God is present, active, inhabiting creation - within us and beside us, living with our frailities?
Are , we, mankind, made in God's image through God's Spirit dwelling within us
or have we made God in our image, knowing of no other?
God is not to be met in fear, trembling, at life's end, but in thankfulness and awe every day of our life.
God is present, active, inhabiting creation - within us and beside us, living with our frailities?
Are , we, mankind, made in God's image through God's Spirit dwelling within us
or have we made God in our image, knowing of no other?
Was Jesus a man in whom God dwelt fully as God dwells partially in us all,
a man in whom divinity had fully overcome his primal, animal, inclinations?
Are we, as scripture tells, all wayward Saints, each failing to fulfill our divine potential?
a man in whom divinity had fully overcome his primal, animal, inclinations?
Are we, as scripture tells, all wayward Saints, each failing to fulfill our divine potential?
Seeking a new vision of divinity leads us to see God in creation,
in trees and flowers, wind and sun.
The heavens declare the glory of God, the sky above proclaims his handiwork. (Ps19)
The words of Jesus proclaimed the immediacy of God's presence
the current reality of God's Kingdom.
God may thus be much simpler than we may have imagined;
an all-pervading reality of no form or substance yet evidenced by love.
The heavens declare the glory of God, the sky above proclaims his handiwork. (Ps19)
The words of Jesus proclaimed the immediacy of God's presence
the current reality of God's Kingdom.
God may thus be much simpler than we may have imagined;
an all-pervading reality of no form or substance yet evidenced by love.