09/06/2026
Every human being on planet earth has a core fear. It might be something they developed from childhood. It might be something that took shape later in life. And oftentimes our way to deal with that core fear is not to turn towards our hard feelings and the fear, but instead we invent ways to avoid our feelings and core fears. Would you believe we do the same thing with religion? Instead of facing our doubts and sorrows and uncertainty and fear, we invent methods to build up false certainty and control so we don’t have to feel vulnerable. If we want to fully experience the beauty and power of life with Jesus, we’ll have to let go of the gods of false certainty and control. We’ll have to turn toward our fears, doubts, sorrows and uncertainty as we turn toward Jesus. If we want to find Jesus in all his power and beauty, we will have to accept the invitation to turn away from the gods of Christianity like false certainty and control and toward hard, worthy things like mystery, vulnerability, insecurity and fear.
