Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him." (108 Thomas)

What is intimacy? Something physical, often sexual, is the typical understanding.

In my experience listening and being heard are the most intimate human acts.

When we speak of our deepest fears or profoundest hopes and someone hears us there is a joining.

When we can listen to another - question another - without judgment or agenda and come to some understanding of the other from the other's perspective, there is an enfolding of one into the other.

Jesus will listen to us. Are we willing to talk? Are we ready to question Jesus? Are we able to listen carefully?