“Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.”
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My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.
My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.
The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians.