Reconnect From Within

Today there is a powerful spirituality movement.  When I say spirituality I am not speaking of religion; I am speaking of something different–a connection with the Divine.  This connection is what many mystics call “union with God.”  Sometimes this happens through a religious path, but not often.  When it does the person who achieves divine union usually finds herself on the outside looking in.

One time a minister in a somewhat interfaith organization told me that the spiritual ministers usually didn’t make it as successful ministers.  That statement and the truth of it says something in itself, I think.  Spirituality is not a good thing when it comes to maintaining buildings or systems, which are basically the little units of power that everyone needs in order to be able to function in a power-over society.  Spiritual people draw on another source of power that is shared by everyone and everything. Read the rest of this entry »

“You learn that if you sit down in the woods and wait, something happens.”

- Henry David Thoreau.

Deepening what you know about your spirituality, and deepening your spirituality per se, are two different things. Deepening what you know about spirituality is relatively easy; just read everything you can get your hands on, go to lectures, talk endlessly with all kinds of people, and soon you will deepen what you know about spirituality. You might even become an expert and know everything there is to know about spirituality! Trouble is, knowing and being are two very different levels. We can know all there is to know about spirituality, yet not be spiritual at all.

Many people these days want to deepen their faith, but they haven’t a clue how to do it. They may pick up some hints, such as it requires solitude and a one-on-one relationship with that which is sacred, but this is rarely talked about in our congregations, because we need to congregate! None of this solitary business, how would the church pay its bills? Read the rest of this entry »

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