Sunday 6 February 2011

Marcus Borg

I came across this blog concerning Marcus Borg.  It struck me because, like the blogger, I too like to read Marcus Borg and find his (and Dominic Crossan's) approach to explaining the Scriptures generally very useful.  But then his take on the resurrection is hard to accept.  I read one of Borg's books recently when he was talking about St Paul being a mystic which made me wonder about my God.  I am looking for more of a real experience of the Trinity via a spiritual encounter.  These two - real and spiritual - aren't always happy bed-fellows for most of us.  I mean I want to experience God and have a real encounter.  Does that mean he has to be physically real or is the spirituality I'm seeking expected to transcend our three dimensional world?  Hmmm.  Maybe