Hello again, everyone! I'm sorry it's taken so long to update this blog, but as most of us know, spiritual journeys take time. I'm not expecting to figure things out overnight, but I hope to sort things out a bit quicker than the day of my death.
And so I come to my first truth regarding spirituality. The human being, in attempting to define his/her spirituality, is in a constant state of searching for what makes sense. A lot of people joined up with the Pentecostal movement because they felt there was something lacking in the churches they attended. They spoke in tongues and couldn't simply dismiss the experience. Their own churches didn't think it made sense, so these people looked for and formed something that did make sense to them.
I know I'm in a state of flux regarding my faith. I don't doubt that God exists and for me, Christianity makes a lot of sense. But I'm not quick to dismiss things that make sense from other faiths. I also happily recognize what Pope John Paul II said regarding Jews. They "are our elder brothers in the Faith." That simple statement recognizes that without Judaism, Christianity would not exist. The place where Judaism and Christianity diverged was on Jesus' divinity. But does the Christian have things to learn from the Jew? I believe so.
Friday, April 27, 2012
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