It isn't 2024; Jesus wasn't born in 1 A.D.; and the world won't end in 2024.- or any time soon. A.D. comes from the Latin “Anno Domini” means “the year It isn't 2024, Jesus wasn’t born in the year 1 A.D., the end of the world won't happen in 2024 - or any time soon.
This Quoircast podcast episode it brought to you by The Messy Spirituality Podcast - conversations about life, God, spirituality, and becoming a better human. In this episode we chat with Roger Wolsey Roger Wolsey is a seasoned speaker, having presented at The Wild Goose Festival on three separate occasions, as well as The Embrace Festival, The Lion and The Lamb Festival, and Christianity 21. He is an accomplished blogger, having written for notable publications such as Elephant Journal, Huffington Post, and, most recently, Patheos, where he writes under the moniker The Holy Kiss. Roger is also a published author, having written two books titled Discovering Fire and Kissing Fish. He is the administrator of the Kissing Fish Facebook fan-page and a contributing writer for the John Shelby Spong weekly newsletter, Progressing Spirit. Additionally, Roger serves on the Board of Directors of ProgressiveChristianity.org. You can follow Roger on: Facebook Instagram Youtube You can find all thin
"Can you imagine - a Christian pastor saying these things?! Amazing! Cool! Who knew?!" Yet, for many of the people in the circles I run in - the circles of organized religion and Christianity - what I have written will ruffle at least as many feathers as it smooths. One swath of Church and society will receive it with cordial welcome, while another swath will feel it to be too provocative, "too outside the bounds," with some seeing it as threatening. Some will attack and reject both the book and me as the one who wrote it. Alas, I truly felt called to write this book and I could do no other. Not writing it simply wasn't an option.
One can employ a Lectio approach to most anything, not just “holy scriptures.” One can do it with a passage from a novel, a portion of a divorce decree, a part of a poem, or even with a piece of art, a YouTube clip, a podcast, a news-story, or with experiencing an animal out in nature, or a person sitting across from you on the bus or airplane - though it might be a bit weird if you stare at them too much. Use discretion. The basic questions remain, however, “how might God be showing up in whatever I’m encountering and what divine gift or insight might there be for me in this encounter if consciously I take the time to notice?”
One feature of contemplative Christianity is an embracing of Mystery – the notion that God is somehow bigger than words can convey; and a way of quiet,