Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail-marks, and put my hand into his side – I’m not going to believe! (John 20:25) What would the joy of Easter Sunday be without the sufferings of Good Friday? The resurrection does not erase the death of Jesus, …
Everything came into being through him. (John 1:3) Our existence rests on the world which has already become. When we fall asleep, we take it for granted that our existence will continue the next morning; that we will experience ground under our feet, that the sun will rise again. People affected by earthquakes report that, …
…but you’ve kept the good wine until now! (Jn 2,10) After the wedding feast, when the servants cleaned up, did was wine left over that had to be poured away? Is such an idea too literal? But does a purely symbolic interpretation take the gospel seriously enough? Behind these questions is the separation into an …
Living with the Gospel: Where does the miracle occur? Read More »
Saint Augustine used the analogy of a candle for the Trinity: the solid wax is the Father; it gives the candle its solidity and is also the fuel for the flame. The Son is the flame itself, bringing the solid substance into movement and transformation. The Spirit is the radiance of the light. In recent …
At the end of the funeral service in The Christian Community, we hear a stern admonition from the spiritual world. We are asked to remember that we are beholden to the spirit in all that we do on earth. A funeral confronts us with the ultimate reality of earthly life; in such a moment, we …
But when this begins to happen, rise up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. (Luke 21:28) The path to the independence of every human being begins with standing up. Anyone who’s been ill in bed for a long time knows how easily their inner state begins to correspond to their …
This issue was published in December, 2017. You can receive the PDF by purchasing an E-Subscription today. Thirteen point eight billion years after its birth, our Universe has awoken and become aware of itself. This thought from a recent book (Max Tegmark, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Penguin, 2017) echoes …
Editorial of the December 2017-February 2018 issue Read More »
I am the Alpha and the Omega, world origin and world fulfillment, the first and the last. (Rev 22,3) When is the end-time? At the time of the founding of The Christian Community this was a topic of debate among theologians: did Jesus preach an imminent end of days, or is it still to come? …
I am the A and the O, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Rev 22,3) When does the fulfillment of time take place? At the time of the founding of The Christian Community this was a topic of debate among theologians: has the end time started, or is it still to …
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