When I first met Gina Kellyn and Kendra were 3 and 2. Getting to know them helped me rediscover something that I didnt even know I had lost, my imagination. All of a sudden I was making up stories and personalities with toys and creating elaborate worlds as we got to know each other. It was really cool.

Jesus’ interaction with Nicodemus seems to expose Nick’s lack of imagination. When Jesus talks about being born again, he thinks Jesus is talking about going back into his mother’s womb. Jesus talks about spirit, wind, and water; all things that Nick can tangibly connect with, but Jesus is pulling him into a world that is beyond his basic understanding, Jesus is inviting him to adopt the mystery of faith.

Now that my kids are 23, 21, and 18 we seldom make up elaborate worlds and personalities for their toys. Have I lost my imagination again? Jesus doesn’t just invite Nicodemus to embrace mystery, this invitation is for us as well. Maybe this is why Jesus talks about “faith like a child” so much. May we be freed from the bonds of only embracing the reality that we can see and know. May we be opened up to experience the mystery of God at work in our world. May the unknown help us to find the wholeness that God desires for us.