Worked my way through a couple of chapters of Thomas Merton's Disputed Questions. If the mystical Christ is in me, Merton writes, He is also in all men. Which leads to the radical and frankly earth shaking realization that He is also in the likes Osama bin Ladin and.............name your favorite person that scares the hell out of you.
Ayeee. Faith is not for wimps or for folks looking for comfortable answers. If Christ is in Osama, what is he trying to tell us? Paging Amos and Jeremiah.
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