Twelve Enough

religious experience and the community

Jonathan and Paul discuss the final moments and how they will give us hope

Jonathan and Paul discuss the final moments and how they will give us hope

the Holy Spirit will move as it will and make things happen that we cannot

explain. People will experience the Spirit differently and because it is

quiet and calm does not make it wrong. Nor is it wrong if one’s experience

of the Holy Spirit involves noise, dancing, and speaking in tongues. The

Holy Spirit can be experienced differently, but one form of experience

should not be elevated above another.

the Holy Spirit will move as it will and make things happen that we cannot

explain. People will experience the Spirit differently and because it is

quiet and calm does not make it wrong. Nor is it wrong if one’s experience

of the Holy Spirit involves noise, dancing, and speaking in tongues. The

Holy Spirit can be experienced differently, but one form of experience

should not be elevated above another.

moving beyond religion with Rene Girard

moving beyond religion with Rene Girard

...part of the issue is around values or faith. For some communities it is

more about the values of that community than the faith statement, and for

others it is the faith statements rather than the values.

...part of the issue is around values or faith. For some communities it is

more about the values of that community than the faith statement, and for

others it is the faith statements rather than the values.

In their conversation Jonathan wonders about the place of community and the

awareness of the transcendence without a faith community. Apparently people

still get together and are nice to each other without the idea of God.