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“The New Testament is not about our journey toward God. It’s about what Karl Barth calls ‘the journey of the Son of God to the far country.’ And when the incarnate Son arrives in this far country, what does he find?”
-Fleming Rutledge, Advent
“At Calvary [Jesus] demonstrated that the weakness of God that is more powerful than mere mortals, and the Magi seemed to have had some inkling of it. I find their faith, their insight, their wholehearted search and adorning worship, utterly amazing. It is one of the many surprises in the Gospel. But then God is the God of surprises.”
-Michael P. Green, The Message of Matthew
During the Christmas season, people make small attempts to look for God. We pastors start seeing people at church a little more often and the songs we sing right now make us a bit more prayerful, maybe a little more thankful. This is our small way of looking for God, trying to find out where he might be and how we might get there.
“Searching for God” or “seeking God” is often how we define spirituality in general, but in specific, what does it mean? All our activities—churchgoing, prayer, meditation, mindfulness, yoga, hiking in the woods—can all be seen as looking for God (or a god?). It’s only sad because it rarely works. Looking for God…
