CHANGING JESUS

DURING THE DAY THE SKY IS BLUE

EVENNING SKY BRINGS THE THREAT OF RAIN WITH DARK CLOUDS

Every day I look at the sky and it is always different.

Everyday is a challenge to learn something new

or to delve deeper into a certain subject!

I believe that Jesus is the heart and soul of Christianity

and there is always changing views of his message.

Jesus was not always identified as one with God until the Niceaea General Council in 325.

Arius who had a different view was condemned as a heretic

and he was excile by the Emperor Constantine.

Jesus has been viewed in many different terms as changing times presented new ideas.

Jesus, the Mind of the Cosmos, was the Christian philosophers view of Jesus as as intellectual and scientific views became the modern view in the fourth and fifth century.

Jesus, the Rationalist, was the view in the eighteenth century during a time of enlightenment.

The Poetic Jesus, as personal religious experience inspired many especially the poets and artists. Emerson was one who stressed the living Christ who can be experienced here and now.

Jesus, The Liberator, arose out of the liberation movement.

Jesus, The Rabbi, The Teacher, The Healer, The Prophet

becomes the Savior and The Deliverer.

Jesus touches the untouchable with love,

Jesus forgives the unforgiveable with mercy,

Jesus brings new life,

as we come to see him with new eyes and a open heart.

We all see what we want to see and no more.

New books are still being written by people like John S. Spong

to challenge the traditional faith that I grew up with.

Now it is "Saving Jesus from the Church" by Robin Meyers.

"The first step must be backwards.

We have been travelling down the creedal road of Christendom since the fourth century,

when a first-century spiritual insurgence was seduced into marrying its original oppressor.

Before there were bishops lounging at the table of power,

there were ordinary fishermen who forsoke ordinary lives to follow an intinerant sage down a path that was not obvious, sensible, or safe,

He might as well said, "Come die with me."