The Falling Away of the Old
Religion often becomes a program of certainty that doesn’t fully embrace the dynamism of divine creativity, where moments like incarnation and resurrection cause old sacred paradigms to fall away.
Read Moreby andyotto | May 2, 2022 | Essays, God In All Things | 1
Religion often becomes a program of certainty that doesn’t fully embrace the dynamism of divine creativity, where moments like incarnation and resurrection cause old sacred paradigms to fall away.
Read MoreIn the desert, Jesus discovered that he was human and hungry and lonely. Lent is not so much about penances and bodily denial as it is a season to discover our ordinariness.
Read MoreThe things in our life are all passing. They are gifts to help us in our journey to a union with God. When we accept impermanence, we discover heaven on earth. When we let go of ‘shoulds’ and illusions and expectations, we find salvation.
Read MoreWe need to balance the inner work required to fight racism, transforming our own hearts, in addition to outer work like advocacy.
Read MoreMy wife Sarah reflects on the life-giving power of the breath.
Read Moreby andyotto | May 11, 2020 | Essays, The Tough Questions | 3
Zoom fatigue, parenting fatigue, pandemic fatigue! Can we have courage to trust God in the midst of this rather than cling to false securities?
Read Moreby andyotto | Apr 13, 2020 | Essays, God In All Things | 10
How will this pandemic reshape church? What will the future of Christianity look like?
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 30, 2020 | Essays, God In All Things | 2
It’s hard to find the good spirit in the midst of this pandemic, but it’s all around us.
Read MoreWhat I might call “God moments”, my friend Mary calls moments of grace. She writes beautifully and poetically of her days of living cancer while noticing those quiet moments of peace and Presence.
Read Moreby guest | Nov 19, 2018 | Essays, Guest Posts | 3
It’s human to want order and absolutes, yet the ‘wisdom of the years’ and our lived experience reveals a journey into mystery.
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