I love the idea of creative endeavors. It seems so obvious. I guess it's too easy to get sucked into draining activities that do nothing to feed the soul, so we have to be intentional about it. Perhaps most of my religiosity comes from the ease with which I can pursue it - after all, it's...
Maybe you all can help me figure out what I'm looking for. I consider myself religious in that I participate regularly in the public and private worship of my faith tradition and gain spiritual benefit from so doing. I use the associated terminology and artifacts of the religion, but not...
Since such a book was written ("Christ the Eternal Tao" by Hieromonk Damascene), I'm surprised to be unable to find more people who have a Taoist-leaning-yet-ancient-Christianity-appreciating approach to their spirituality? At least none that I've seen discussed. I see people who are Taoist...
Would love to hear what you believe now. Did you have to go through a grieving period of letting go of the personification of God? Is worship of God still a part of your spiritual practice? And if so, would you mind describing it? Does the figure of Jesus still feature in some way in your...
I voted rites and rituals bc that's the part that is keeping me in the religion of my upbringing. It's familiar and meaninful. There are some ethical stances I disagree with my religion on, and others that are not unique to it. The beliefs are where they lose me and send me coming here, lol.
What I gathered after these two videos is that people convert both ways, cults abound, and also - you can't base your opinion of any group or organization based on the foul behavior of select leaders. I guess the goal was to help steer me away from Messianic Jews in my quest. Mission...