“…The Word of God in print was given to us in order to lead us to the Word of God in Person. In other words, the pages of Scripture lead us to know the Living Word, Jesus” (Word Play http://www.highlandcommunitychurch.ca).

These words touch the core question of my heart about the Bible, the book which Christians hold as sacred, and I hold the same question about the books which other religions hold as sacred: Which of the words in print are the direct words of God which lead us to see the fullness of God in Jesus, the Living Word?

If there are bits of God’s glory in every one and everything, yet not everything and every one is the full reflection of God as Jesus was, are there indicators, patterns, throughout the sacred books that indicate which words are the wholeness of God’s character and glory, and which words bear bits of God’s glory with the imprint of human interpretation?

I love the experience of discovering God and becoming a community centred on God’s love with those who gather at Highland Community Church.

I think that it is important for our journeys of discovery to be experienced in communities which honour the individual perspective as worthy of being shared and examined by the collective community. May we find or build these beautiful spaces which move humanity forward in love together.