When Jesus calls our attention to children, he calls us to becoming childlike. Being childlike is the have the mind of a child, a trusting mind, a mind that accepts its limitations but is filled with an innocent trust upon someone greater. It is a call to develop what Zen Masters call the ‘beginner’s mind’, a mind that is docile and ready to learn. In that sense, our spirituality becomes a way of getting beyond our certitudes and our secure-selves in order to move to the realm of childlike innocence and openness. For Richard Rohr “This is exactly what Jesus … Continue reading The Verdict on Religion