Never stop asking questions

Amram looked at Peter and John in a way that indicated that there was something more on his mind. “May I ask you another question?” He asked.

“You may ask as many questions as you please, Amram,” Peter said laying a hand on the young man’s shoulder. “In fact, I hope you will never stop asking questions. Life is a journey and we will never know all there is to know. When we stop asking questions, we stop learning…we stop growing…in a certain sense, we stop living.”

In my new book, FOR US, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR THE WORLD, I follow the life of Simon Peter through the book of Acts, adding stories taken from the writings of the Early Church and plausible tradition. In some parts I have taken the liberty to fill in a few gaps in the biblical narrative with fictitious characters to develop the story line and to introduce the reader to some theological propositions. In one such story, I have created a Samaritan messenger from Philip to the community in Jerusalem asking them to visit after the positive Samaritan response to the preaching of the Gospel. His name is Amram. After quite a bit of discussion in which Amram explains what they were taught by Philip leading up to their baptism into Jesus, I have Amram ask about the identity of the Holy Spirit. This quotation is from the bridge between the two theological discussions.