Jesus’ teaching about death and resurrection did not emerge in isolation. He was a man of his time, taking part in a vigorous Jewish debate shaped by apocalyptic expectation, Greek thought and conflicting ideas about the fate of the dead.
A private spiritual reflection on the inward altar of the soul, the beauty of silence, worship as joy and gratitude, and the ancient psalmic recognition that existence — God — was before us. The piece links personal inward awareness with Psalm 19, Psalm 8, and the humility of knowing that we are not first, but secondary.