Speaker: Jeff Jarvis
In unprecedented levels, people today are questioning the spiritual beliefs they were raised with. It’s like certain beliefs just stopped capturing our hearts and convincing our minds of how life works especially in the spiritual realm. This can be a frightening, but also a demotivating stage that leaves people cynical and unwilling to go any further on the spiritual journey. In fact, a large percentage of people who enter this stage leave church or religion – never to return. Sadly, what many don’t realize is that there is another stage that can come after the deconstruction. A rebuilding phase that gives people the chance to start fresh – to reconstruct – to redesign their spiritual beliefs and practices according to their new understandings and life experience. What can be the most amazing chapter yet.
A number of weeks ago I interviewed Alessandra, a member of our community. Our goal was to talk about the personal rebuilding phase that she presently was in. After the interview, we both agreed that there was so much more that we could have talked about – that we needed to talk about. So I invited her back this Sunday for part 2. If you are approaching or are already in the exciting reconstruction phase of your spiritual journey – redesigning what beliefs and values your new life will center around, you won’t want to miss this important interview.
See you at the gym this Sunday.
Resources:
Rob Bell and Richard Rohr interview
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-robcast/episode-86-richard-rohr-and-the-alternative-o/
http://www.theliturgists.com/podcast/
Pete Holmes podcast
https://nerdist.com/tag/you-made-it-weird/
Books:
“Faith Shift” by Kathy Escobar
“Faith Unravelled” by Rachel Held Evans
“The Bible Tells Me So” by Peter Enns
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