This is why I do what I do. I can only say, “Amen and Amen” on this one… again Richard Rohr from the end of Adam’s Return:…… Read more “Why I choose love”
Author: Nathan
Ritual disillusionment versus ritual religion
[Within initiation rituals, there was] a strong quality of disillusionment, so the initiate would never confuse the ritual with the necessary and painful reality of death. This…… Read more “Ritual disillusionment versus ritual religion”
Cutting down on the suicide of the young and the old
The stats are insane: Males complete suicide at a rate four times that of females. Suicide rates have traditionally decreased in times of war and increased in…… Read more “Cutting down on the suicide of the young and the old”
City Church and things changing in Bend
**Edit:I have made some changes to the following post and comments as I realize it is terribly bad form to begin naming churches in negative ways. I…… Read more “City Church and things changing in Bend”
Tweetformation?
Here I am blogging, writing for online magazines, twittering (natebettger), facebooking, texting, cell phoning, emailing… while in the meantime reading stuff like the following from Richard Rohr…… Read more “Tweetformation?”