This week, we come to a pretty loaded passage in John. A very religious, very well-respected teacher of the Law approaches Jesus with curiosity and is taught this confounding idea that we must be “born again”. This term is loaded in our current religious vernacular; we tend to associate it with evangelism, even “bible thumping”. We tend to also associate it perhaps with particular kinds of Christians who we may or may not identify with. But what was Jesus talking about with this teaching? Wouldn’t we too wonder with Nicodemus: “how can someone re-enter their mother’s womb? How can someone be born when they are old?” We might wonder it about ourselves, questioning whether we can really change. And we may wonder it about institutions like the larger Church, which not only seem old, but seem as if they may be dying in modern culture. Can we too, as a community of believers, be made brand new? Can we experience new life? Let’s dive into this question together in a fresh and new way.