What if humanity was never separated from God in the way we were taught? “Only Enemies in Our Minds” traces the story from Eden to Sinai, the law, Jesus, and Paul’s words in Colossians 1:21 to explore how fear and separation took root in consciousness. This Reflection asks whether Jesus came not to bring a distant God near, but to reveal the Father humanity had misunderstood and awaken us to Life in whom we have always lived, changing how we understand salvation, repentance,

There is an assumption about God that has become so deeply embedded in religious thought that many people no longer recognize it as an assumption. It is treated as self-evident that God is first and foremost a judge, that humanity stands before him as defendants, and that righteousness requires him to decide who deserves mercy and who deserves condemnation.