I read this today...
'Jesus' idea of church is not about giving people answers but, in fact, leading them into liminal and dark space, where they will long and yearn for God, for wisdom and for their own souls.
Pray for bread, fish, or egg, pray for whatever you want. God might give you these things, but what God promises(Luke 11:11-13) is that you will always receive the Holy Spirit. That is God's answer to every prayer and to every question.
We ourselves would prefer to give and receive seminary textbook answers, thank you...where we can avoid that terrible space where only God is in control and where God is the only answer.'
Why am I always looking for the ANSWERS in my liminal space? Instead, I must stay on the journey and trust. Trust that the darkness, a tragic time for sure, will lead me eventually to be 'spit up' like Jonah on the right shore. Today, I don't even know what or where the right shore is...
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