Christ, Christ in you, Holy Nights, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lent

Lent Day 9

If we feel at a loss to make sense of the life of Jesus, and the presence of Christ in his life, we must not despair. It is so easy to give up when something is too confusing or too hard to understand. Similarly, if we lapse into some mystical adoration of Jesus we also miss the point.

Lent is the perfect time to set aside a few moments and ask the questions lying deep within our soul. Simple questions like, who are these beings? Why did they do what they did? Why are they so important? Why do so many people ignore them? Our commitment to ask the questions, and our ability to listen to our own inner being, will reveal some of the secrets.

“The most up-to-date theology has lost the faculty for comprehending Christ; increasingly it has arrived at the point of turning Christ Jesus completely into an earth being, a human being. […] We fail to understand Christ if we do not recognize Him as the cosmic power that completely unites with us when through questions and inner activity we work our way through to Him.” Rudolf Steiner 17 April 1921

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Kristina Kaine

Kristina Kaine has worked with people all her life: during her early career in medical sales and staff recruitment, and since 1987 in her own business which matches people in business partnerships. Through this rich interaction with people, Kristina has observed the struggle for self identity from many angles. She was awakened to the ideas of Rudolf Steiner by Rev Mario Schoenmaker, attending all of Schoenmaker's lectures for 14 years. After Schoenmaker's death in 1997, Kristina realised the need to explain the knowledge of the threefold human being in simple terms that could be applied easily in daily life. She has set this out in her book, 'I Connecting : the Soul's Quest', which was published in 2007 by Robert Sardello through Goldenstone Press. It is not unusual for Kristina to receive comments about her book like this: "It seems like a very lucid treatment, like looking through a clear glass window through which one can discover and recognize the landscape of the soul." Since 2003 Kristina has written weekly reflections which apply this knowledge of the threefold human being to Bible texts. This is not done in the context of any particular religious beliefs but from a broader perspective that all religions could apply. These reflections are distributed by email and are read worldwide. They are now available as Kindle books.

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