Louis Cassels, a writer on religion, says in a recent article that the possibility of encountering God as a reality here and now is putting new life into the church "at the very moment it seems most in danger of dying.
Sometimes it is hard to understand parents who get upset at the length of their son's hair or the unconventional appearance of their daughter's boyfriend.
The material senses would tell us either that there is not enough of what people need, or that if there is an abundance, it is not in the right place at the right time.
