WWJB: Who Would Jesus Be
What if the deeper question of faith isn’t what Jesus would do, but who he would be?
A reflection on formation, presence, and becoming human before acting faithfully.
Wisdom is how you live.
What if the deeper question of faith isn’t what Jesus would do, but who he would be?
A reflection on formation, presence, and becoming human before acting faithfully.
We often talk about scaling our systems—but rarely about what happens to the human when intimacy is lost. This post reflects on power, proximity, and the discipline of care in an age of abstraction.
When the Church forgets she is her—a living body, not a brand—we begin to lose the very tenderness that holds us. This reflection begins with an old hymn and ends as an invitation to feel again what we were made to hold.
What if the Ten Commandments were never laws to obey, but invitations to remain in divine union?
Privilege and poverty are not opposites—they’re proof we’ve drifted from union. This reflection traces how ritual, reward, and rhetoric sustain distance, how religion turns doctrine into a ledger, and how the Christ of Proximity restores presence: not gold or gray, but sky returned to breath.
Parenthood has a way of changing how you understand love. The strength I once measured by how high I could stand is now measured by how gently I can stay. My children have taught me what my mother’s faith began — that love doesn’t always reach upward; sometimes it sends roots downward. And in that quiet turning, Christ meets me again — not in the sky, but in the soil, where breath becomes belonging.
A children’s lesson on earthly and heavenly treasures sparked a question: Did Jesus ever treat money as a heavenly gift? History and scripture tell another story.
“The soul must abandon all her own understanding and dwell in the dark.”
— Meister Eckhart
Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan isn’t just about being kind—it’s about showing up with grace. Not from above, but from beside. This piece reflects on how presence, not power, is what makes someone a true neighbor.
I used to measure my life by what it offered—how useful I could be. But becoming a spark isn’t about usefulness. It’s a rhythm, one that moves through grace and lands in presence.