Mystery and Meaning (ePub)

As a 19 year old college freshman, Gebre Menfes Kidus (birth name, Reynolds Wood) had a mystical encounter with Christ. This experience awakened a heart and soul which had long been captive to the clutches of a fallen world. For the first time in his life the author felt that his existence on earth had meaning, and he resolved to fulfill that meaning by devoting himself to Christian truth. But this righteous resolve was often deterred by doctrinal division, theological confusion, and the author's many personal failures, disappointments, and sins. The Protestantism that led him to initially embrace Christianity was unable to lead him to experience Christ in His fullness and depth.

For almost 20 years, the author struggled to find peace and security in his Christian calling. His heart for ministry, his passion for social justice, and his intense contemplative mind were left without adequate spiritual accommodation. After years of failing to find consistent Christian truth in Protestant sects and denominations, the author eventually became disillusioned with organized religion. His spiritual journey had at times seemed to take him through the very corridors of hell itself.

But the Christ he met at the age of 19 had not abandoned him; and through divine providence he discovered the ancient, authentic, and true Christianity of The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Faith. The author finally entered his spiritual home on earth when he and his family were baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in 2008. He received the baptism name "Gebre Menfes Kidus," which means Servant of the Holy Spirit.

Having endured many trials, failures, and struggles - and now striving to work out his salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12) - Gebre Menfes Kidus offers powerful spiritual insights and provocative social commentary that will leave readers edified, challenged, and inspired.

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