Tuesday, June 23, 2015
On the importance of some particular religion
My religion is a big deal to me, but I mean it when I say I don't need it to be a big deal to others. What I do hope is a big deal, what I hope to spread, is compassionate love and kindness and joy and finding beauty in the world around us, and ourselves, and each other. This is what I hope I preach to others by example. The theology you consider that with is not my concern- you can subscribe to a different theology or another religion or no religion and still if I ever contribute to you having any of that, in those moments my work is successful. I find the highest pleasure and fulfillment in knowing and serving the God I worship, and I believe that when you find beauty in something or have compassionate love in your heart, you know Him, too. When you contribute to others having that, you serve Him, too.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Welcome
Today is the first day of lent, a time that, in the tradition I was raised in, one either gives something up or takes something on as a tool for mindfulness regarding the season. I deeply enjoy this entire season through Easter and many of the associated traditions, and have varied from not celebrating it at all to having really involved devotional studies.
This year as part of my lenten devotional, I've decided to start and maintain this page as a place of reflection. I invite and welcome comments from others- hopefully this can also be a place of discussion.
Usually when I talk about my faith or religion in general, I am very guarded and very careful to make the person I am talking to comfortable and able to easily understand. In fact, I try to orient what I'm saying to their way of seeing things, rephrasing my paradigms within the context of their paradigms. To speak more freely on this page, I will largely not be doing any of that here. I will be speaking as if the reader is already mostly on the same page with me. As such I ask that anyone reading this be open or at least sensitive. I also welcome you to bring up anything you have a problem with or are curious about.
This year as part of my lenten devotional, I've decided to start and maintain this page as a place of reflection. I invite and welcome comments from others- hopefully this can also be a place of discussion.
Usually when I talk about my faith or religion in general, I am very guarded and very careful to make the person I am talking to comfortable and able to easily understand. In fact, I try to orient what I'm saying to their way of seeing things, rephrasing my paradigms within the context of their paradigms. To speak more freely on this page, I will largely not be doing any of that here. I will be speaking as if the reader is already mostly on the same page with me. As such I ask that anyone reading this be open or at least sensitive. I also welcome you to bring up anything you have a problem with or are curious about.
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