Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.
I get thirsty people glasses of water, even if that thirsty person is just me.
You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.
I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.
Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places.
If we can believe in the Gnostic gospel of Thomas, old Uncle Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don't bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth can destroy you.