Resurrection is Already Happening

Jesus didn’t come to offer distant promises. He came to wake us up.

His teachings weren’t just about what happens after death—they were about the pattern of life itself.

Death and resurrection are not far-off events—they are the rhythm of reality, pulsing through every moment.

We see it in the breath, in the tides, in the breaking and remaking of who we are.

I used to think this type of dramatic transformation was something that happened one day, after enough searching, enough effort. But I’ve come to see—through my own searching and breaking open—that resurrection isn’t something to wait for. It’s something we are always stepping into.

That doesn’t take away from the promise of a future resurrection—it simply reveals that the pattern is already alive within us.

The Pattern of Transformation

Death and resurrection are not just historical events or theological promises—they are the very structure of transformation itself.

To step into something new, something must first pass away.

The old ways of seeing. The identities we’ve outgrown. The certainty we once clung to.

Jesus didn’t just teach resurrection as a future event—he lived it as a process.

"Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit." (John 12:24)

This isn’t just about physical death. It’s about the moments in life when everything we thought we were begins to unravel—when we no longer fit into the old patterns that once gave us security.

And this isn’t just personal—it’s collective.

The world itself is undergoing a kind of death right now. Institutions are failing, trust in old systems is breaking down, and long-held assumptions about power, identity, and meaning are being questioned.

But what if this isn’t collapse?

What if this is the necessary space-making before something new can emerge? What if this very unraveling is part of a deeper rhythm—one that has always been present, waiting to be seen?

This is not unlike what we see in technology and finance. Old systems must decay before new, more resilient structures emerge. In decentralization, in innovation, in the transformation of societies, the same pattern holds: death is not the end—it is the threshold.

The Resurrection That’s Already Happening

We tend to think of perfection as something far off—something we have to reach, to strive for. But Jesus said something radical:

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.”

At first glance, this sounds impossible. But what if perfection isn’t what we think it is?

The word translated as “perfect” in Greek is teleios—which means whole, complete, fully realized.

What if perfection isn’t about flawlessness, but about fullness?

What if, in some mysterious way, we are already whole—even in our breaking, even in our becoming?

The great traditions all point to this truth: the Kingdom of Heaven isn’t some far-off reality—it’s within you.

Psychologists recognize that deep transformation requires a breaking down of the self as it was once known—an unraveling before a reorganization of identity. Jung called it individuation. Every major shift in consciousness demands that something old falls away before something new can take form.

When we stop resisting the natural cycles of life—when we allow what no longer serves us to fall away—something new begins to rise.

This is why the mystics speak of surrender. Why Jesus taught in paradoxes. And why even in nature, the most resilient systems aren’t those that resist change—but those that adapt, reorganize, and flow with it.

And when we realize this, we start to see resurrection happening everywhere.

We Are the Body of Christ—Together

There’s a mystery in Jesus’s words that goes beyond the individual journey.

Paul spoke of a deep mystery: “You are the body of Christ.” What if this wasn’t just religious metaphor—but a way of describing something deeply real about our interconnectedness?

What if resurrection isn’t just about you or me, but about us?

What if we, collectively, are undergoing a kind of death and rebirth—moving into a deeper realization of what it means to be connected, to belong, to wake up together?

Society is shifting. Old ways of thinking are being shed. And while that can feel like collapse, it might actually be transformation.

And just like in our personal journeys, the resurrection doesn’t come through force or control—it comes through surrender.

The Invitation:

What if Jesus’s words aren’t just promises about the future—but invitations into the present?

What if resurrection isn’t something to wait for—but something to step into, right here, right now? After all, everything is arising and passing, arising and passing with each breath, in each moment. In a way, we are always stepping into resurrection—we only need to become aware of it.

What needs to pass away in you, so that something new can rise?

And beyond the letting go—what if something far greater is waiting to be revealed? The resurrection is not just about what is lost—it is about what is made new.

In surrender and renewal,
Matt

P.S. I’m currently mid way through a 7-day silent meditation retreat and plan to share my reflections in next week’s issue. Looking forward to writing from what unfolds.