Original Blessing – Nov. 1, 2022

“If a child grows up being told she is ugly or stupid or selfish, at some level, she comes to believe that about herself. The descriptions haunt her self-understanding, and she lives in a state of doubt about her deepest identity. This is exactly what has happened in relation to the doctrine of original sin, […]

Finding Light – Oct. 31, 2022

“At the end of my talk [focused on John 1:9],  a Mohawk elder, who had been invited to comment on the common ground between Celtic spirituality and the native spirituality of his people, stood with tears in his eyes.  He said, “As I have listened to these themes, I have been wondering where I would […]