I’m letting go of the Jesus I love. Which makes it twice now. Out-growing a religious skin is scary. I panic. My instinct is to crawl back into the old. Sure it was too tight and left me feeling irritable much of the time but at least it was familiar (and with familiar comes familiarity’s …
To enter a sacramental universe is to know all of creation and all of life lived in relationship as the Body of God.
As an outpost dweller when it comes to religion (in my case Christian/Catholic) I know how susceptible I am to converting. Outpost dwellers are naturally curious about “the other” and for that reason often see the lure of another tradition or cause, religious or otherwise. At least that’s the way it is for me. I …
There was once a child who lived in a bungalow. The rooms in her house were all on one level which made the house, above all else, accessible. Her bungalow was not the only bungalow in the neighbourhood. Indeed, the whole subdivision was made up of bungalows, all of which varied in style or layout …
After 20 years working with children and youth in a performing arts program that stages biblical narrative, I find myself wondering about the value of sacred stories. Apart from giving shape to the religious tradition they represent what role do they play in culture? Do sacred stories offer anything when it comes to the spiritual …