A possibly profane and heretical analogy

I was musing about names, and whether there could be salvation by any other name than Jesus – and an image came to mind.

I’ve been wanting to talk about Jesus as ‘way, truth and life’ in a fundamental sense, but wanting to sit lightly to the name itself (given my interpretation of the Mt 7 passage).

So I was thinking about doors – that Jesus is the door frame, the space through which we can come.

And I was thinking about the sign on the door not mattering very much – can be different according to who you are.

And then I thought about public lavatories, with their different signs – appropriate to our own natures – but equivalent destinations.

‘Come to me all you who labour and are heavy burdened, and I shall give you rest…”