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I’ve been writing here on Substack for almost 2 years. (Yeah, it’s hard to believe.) During that time, I’ve noticed that once articles fall out of the spotlight and into the shadows, they tend to stay there, buried, no longer to see the light of day.
I want to start reviving them.
There’s a lot of material in those archives that you may find informative and/or inspiring. So, every once in a while, I’ll do a “Lost & Found” highlight of an older piece I think you might like.
They once were lost, but now are found.
Enjoy the blast back to the past!
Peace, Bo
www.evolvingchristianfaith.net
Different Christianities, Different Gods?
Do conservative and progressive Christians disagree so much theologically because they actually worship different Gods? It's not a normal question in Christian circles, but maybe we need to start asking it.
Postmodern culture is experiencing a meaning crisis.
Why have we lost sight of Meaning?
Is there any hope of getting it back?
Better yet, is the loss of Meaning really a bad thing?
If you long for a path forward, Drinking from an Empty Glass: Living Out of a Meaningless Spirituality is the book you’re looking for.
I think it's like a group of children growing up in the same house, but having different memories of what actually happened. I'm an only child, adopted at that, so I've been able to observe a lot of other families with neutral interest, and it's amazing how different their stories are. One child remembers Dad as a friendly, happy, loving father; another says, nah, Dad always had it in for me. Never gave me a kind word. Another remembers Mom as overwhelmed with work and unable to take care of anyone. Another remembers Mom as devoted but dim. Or... And on and on and on.
And some of it depends on what people actually want. Hard as it is to believe, a lot of people want a hard, tough, punishing God who will require much, because otherwise, why bother? (This accords with two different types of people: the kind who thinks basically, if it's easy to get in the club, the club isn't worth getting in, and the other kind that eventually wants / plans to be God themselves. I see Judas as the latter.)
It's all in the world view. The zero-sum game - either I win and everyone loses or I lose and someone else wins, or the "there's enough to go around of everything if we share it." Neither understands the other. Right now we see a lot of the zero-sum gamers, and that's why Elon Musk, for example, will never have enough money or power. Ever. All or nothing. And too many "Christians" have bought into that view.