Published by For the past few days I’ve been sensing that God is trying to help me reconnect with the Christian community. I want to find a home where my heart can feel at one with my spiritual growth – the perspective I can offer toward building bridges between traditions and philosophies – and the incredible urge I have to remind people of our responsibility to take care of our bodies, our earth, and the gift of life.
I feel a disconnect when I sense that people are focused on separatism and on signs of end times.
My heart is liberated by symbolic rather than literal interpretations of religious text. I feel closer to the mystics of Christianity’s past (an art of communing with God that takes patience and resilience).. one that’s very discipline would seek to transcend “The Age of Reason” – a direction that aims to pull us out of our heads and into our bodies.. grounded yet able to soar the height of an eagle.
So what I want to do is to remind people that they are constantly receiving guidance from God. Spirit is woven into every cell in our bodies. Prayer should steer away from “stuffology”, in my perspective, and move closer to a quieting of the chatter in our minds. I feel that if Jesus were to descend from the heavens and speak to the masses in relation to what has happened since the time of his walk on earth, he would tell us that we have gotten it all wrong. He’d tell us to stop looking up, stop looking back and start living from your core. Turn off the news, bend your knees and call your spirit back from all the things that are draining energy, power, or spirit from your body. He’d remind us that wisdom is not limited to man’s urge to succinctly categorize spirit in opposing traditions. History teaches me that truth is not distilled by variety. I find strength in my faith that God is not bound by religion or text. Worship then for me is honoring the divine spirit within all. I don’t fear the symbolism of “slaying the dragon” – I simply believe without any doubt that I am not alone in my journey. Protection and guidance are with me every step of the way. What I fail to see in this lifetime will produce ripple effects, but I’m not subject to a limited notion that all is lost and forever damned. Instead I see spirit moving like water and adapting to the the rocks and various obstacles placed in its path.
