"Curiosity is the unknown fruit of the Spirit, the stealthy expression of God's presence." - Michael Yaconelli (Dangerous Wonder, 44)
As I was reading today, this sentence burned a whole in my mind. We do not often embrace curiosity as an element of faith, as something we should embody as people of God. Yet Jacob was curious enough about that angel to wrestle a blessing out of him. Thomas was curious enough to demand further evidence of the risen Christ. Mary was curious enough to ask the "gardener" where she could find the Jesus' body.
Curiosity implies an active faith. A faith that demands answers to questions and wrestles with mystery is a faith that is in continual renewal and relationship with God. Curiosity spurs us onward, turns us outward and pulls us forward toward the presence and the answers of God, revealed in the world.
What are you curious about? How curious are you? What can you do about it?
Love Has Come
Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent, Year A (2025) Written for the Montana Synod Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24...
-
A few weeks ago , I was using voice-to-text to compose some prayers. After I was finished speaking the whole list, I was proof-reading the ... -
Readings: Job 1:1-22; Job 38:1-11; Luke 8: 22-25 10. Job contradicts Proverbs. The writer of Proverbs offers the hope and consolation that... -
I recently read a book that contained this line, “God can only be drilled out of us, not into us. I can see that now, from a distance.” God ...
No comments:
Post a Comment