The ladder for ascending to GodIn accord with our created state, the universe itself is a ladder for ascending to God (Saint) Bonaventure, The Mind's Journey to God The symbol of a ladder appears throughout Christian mystical writing. It's as close to a perfect symbol as human language can come up with when…
When Jesus became ChristAnd it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him. Mark 1:9-10 The Gospel of Mark was the earliest…
The kingdom of God is nowhereNo matter what route the NRSV[1] translators took to get there, the word “realm” is a far more accurate rendition of what the Fourth Gospel was trying to communicate than is “kingdom.” A kingdom is a place. A realm is more of an experience. (Bishop) John Shelby Spong, The Fourth…
