Journey through Skepticism

I find much in the figure of Jesus and in the Christian tradition that helps create and sustain such a longing, such an image, and such an aspiration. But I will not be pushed into worshiping Jesus – to me a form of paganism – or into accepting a God who, far from transcending human standards, periodically falls short of them, as in the first part of Job. Nevertheless, there is a spirit within me which will not be gainsaid, a spirit which unites me in my best moments with something beyond myself, something I can admire and seek to emulate and embody, something which calls for an appropriate response, even when I do not give it.