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Do Wild Creatures Think? (opens the original)
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The Six Functions of the Imagination (opens the original)
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Together we’ve been reflecting on the Religious Imagination and how it functions in shaping our beliefs. While I am teaching in Chartres, I share below an excerpt from The Path of the Holy Fool on the imagination. Perhaps it will help you reflect upon your own imaginative processes?What does the imagination actually do? By breaking down some of its basic functions, we can each learn to recognize the inner workings of our own imagination and cultivate what works best for us. For this reason, the
How Did God Become an Old Man with a Beard? (opens the original)
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In the earliest Christian communities, women as well as men exercised significant leadership. Gatherings often took place in homes, and the Jesus movement carried a radical message about human dignity and spiritual equality.But Christianity was born into patriarchal cultures. Judaism, Greece, and Rome all carried assumptions about male authority, family, hierarchy, and power. As Christianity moved from a persecuted movement toward an imperial religion following Constantine, its institutional str
The Religious Imagination: Exploring the Three-Tiered Universe (opens the original)
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The human imagination is hardwired in us; it comes with all the other gifts we’re given at birth. Unfortunately, many of us don’t understand how the imagination works; how it can become a friend in our creative lives, or a foe that fills our inner world with images that create our many fears of danger, violence, and personal inadequacy. The list is endless as to how we can inwardly undermine ourselves.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1grU
Nature Is My Bible (opens the original)
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My father had a deep love of Nature. Often, when asked why he didn’t attend church, he would say, “Nature is my Bible.” I wonder now whether the Christianity he encountered simply felt too small for the God he experienced outdoors.<im
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