I'm not sure how long and involved this post is going to end up being - probably not very. I just thought of this as something I've said often in the past and wanted to bring it up again.
I think it's very unfortunate indeed that some of the important, foundational realities of our life in Christ have become defined as almost "too deep" for normal Christians do delve into. They've been elevated in the minds of most to such a height as to seem unable to be grasped at. One such thing is the whole notion of mystical union - of our spiritual union with Christ and one another in the Spirit. This should be in "you've just become a Christian 101" class. "So, you're a Christian - this is what that means: you've been metaphysically connected with the Life Essence of God through Jesus and the Holy Spirit" - and then go on to tease that out from the very beginning. I truly believe we'd see much less of these goofy theological problems we see now.
WEATHER BULLETIN: It is now snowing like a MUG in Central Kentucky! Yeee haa!! Bryan and I are excited. Hopefully it will amount to something. I'll let you know.
So, point being, let's not follow this line of thought by holding back the "deep" stuff from the poor "laity" who can't understand it yet. Part of that stuff is baby's milk. We need to be eating that all along. Something to think about. Pax vobiscum.
"Then, if we cannot as yet think alike in all things, at least we may love alike. Herein we cannot possibly do amiss." John Wesley
"Keep your eyes on the crucifix, for Jesus without the cross
is a man without a mission, and the cross without Jesus
is a burden without a reliever." Fulton J. Sheen
"...I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be
completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self." Henri Nouwen
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