Such «religious
intuitions» are the «somewhat exceptional elements of our conscious experience» that Whitehead seeks to elucidate as evidence for God's consequent experience of the world.9 Only a living person experiencing a whole series of divine aims, sensitive to the way in which these shift, grow, and develop in response to our changing circumstances can become aware of their source as dynamic and personal, meeting our needs and concerns.10 Jesus, full of the Spirit, knew God personally in this intimate way, until these aims were taken from him in the hour of his
deepest need, when he experienced being forsaken by God on the cross.
His passion and experience for Christian counseling began with a
deep love for working with people, and a natural
intuition for relational dynamics
such as understanding how wounds happen and then play out in relationships.