Christian life is the experiential side of how we live as Christians. You might say Christian life is the dogmatic locus where one can discuss the experience of the Trinity. It’s the placeholder, the peg for that. And I’m not diving into the doctrine of the Trinity as such, but my exploration is geared towards making sense of the Christian life as a marriage to Christ.

It is remarkable what you can see if you just look up. From my humble patch of earth here on the North Shore of Boston, I can see the stars ablaze in the northeast night sky, with the belt of Orion hanging on the horizon, recognizable even to the most amateur astronomer.

“They’re real. But I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in Area 51.” With that offhand remark on a widely watched podcast, former president Barack Obama managed to ignite a familiar American firestorm: curiosity, skepticism, and a surge of online speculation about extraterrestrial life.