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Glenn Raucher's avatar

Hi Robert, and good morning. Thanks for this; much to mull over.

It is very much testament (truly no pun intended!) to how the very idea of spirituality has been hijacked, both by the Christian Nationalists/Evangelicals, whose strained and constrained idea of what faith is has aligned with the most repressive forces in politics all too well, and the feckless consumerist "spirituality" (tm) that is used to sell pill and gel and salve panaceas to people desperate for easy answers in difficult times. (I believe faith supposes that sometimes there ARE no easy answers) that any serious discussion of faith, as yours is here, could get easily routed into one of those lanes. (I apologize for that Prog-like sentence!)

But the idea of active faith, one that is not passively waiting for others to act on injustice, that is connected to other humans, and perhaps, to me, connecting, is crucial to where we must go.

I like the idea of possibility. And to get to it, a lot of us are going to need to act without immediate gratification, and man, that takes a lot of faith to do.

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Stephanie Aston-Jones's avatar

I love and completely relate to your definition of yourself as a "Possibilian". I had heard of Bishop Budde's sermon and her plea to that monster -- but hadn't listened to it. Of course after reading your post I did listen and felt everything you're talking about. It was so powerful (yes I cried). All I can say is God (if at all possible) help us.

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