A Contemplative Journey Through Scripture for Modern SeekersChrist Our Life is a journey through biblical themes and metaphors to guide the development of the inner life.
"I have come that they may have life and have it to the full." - John 10:10
Christ spoke of life in its fullness. This fullness is accessible through consciousness of Him.
Scriptures reveal a guide for the inner journey from alienation in Adam to union in Christ.
Twelve recurring biblical themes-Breath, Light, Water, Bread, Mind, Union, Dwelling, Rest, Work, Judgment, Truth, Spirit-are presented in relation to the development of a deeper consciousness of Christ.
For Whom This Book Is WrittenYou seek biblical depth and intellectual rigor combined with transformative practice. You're drawn to the contemplative dimensions of Christianity, but you want this wisdom rooted directly in Scripture itself.
- When Christ spoke of living water flowing from the innermost being, He described something you can actually experience.
- When Scripture says "the mind set on the spirit is life and peace," it offers a practical key to transformation.
Each chapter builds understanding while inviting practice. Together, the chapters form a comprehensive map of the inner territory where divinity and humanity meet.
The Journey From Adam to ChristThe biblical narrative reveals a progression from the alienation in Adam to the union in Christ, from desolation to dwelling, from soulish consciousness to spiritual consciousness. This is the cultivation of "Christ consciousness" through the gift of the Spirit - not a "new" spirituality but biblical reality grounded in Scriptures and kept alive by the contemplative Christian tradition.
What You'll Discover in These PagesAs Breath: How the Spirit gives divine life flowing through conscious remembrance
As Light: The pattern of divine illumination transforming consciousness into a new creation
As Water: Living water brings pleasure, renewal, and spiritual union
As Bread: Spiritual nourishment that empowers being through heavenly eating
Setting the Mind: Attention as the rudder determining life's direction toward death or life
Entering Union: Becoming one spirit with the Lord through offering our presence
Dwelling Together: How God's indwelling determines consciousness and authentic conduct
Entering Rest: Wakeful Sabbath rest, creating space for divine restoration
Working Together: Sacred labor as participation in God's creative purpose
Do Not Judge: Christ's radical teaching on releasing judgments to allow love to grow
Knowing Truth: Aletheia as revealed reality known through spirit, not intellect alone
By My Spirit: The divine Spirit as God's means of being known and making all things possible
This book aims to shift your experience into a deeper knowing of God through the witness of the Spirit in your spirit. Biblical passages you've read before may illuminate differently. Metaphors that seemed abstract may become descriptions of your own experience. The ancient texts become a living map of your interior journey.
The map is here. The journey awaits.
