tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post7703333528574825582..comments2023-04-25T23:54:42.948-04:00Comments on Theology PhD Mom: Spirituality versus Religion: Or maybe it's not new....Theology PhD Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-73164010973412088902012-08-09T21:24:46.267-04:002012-08-09T21:24:46.267-04:00Thanks so much for your thoughtful and insightful ...Thanks so much for your thoughtful and insightful article, this whole current manifestation of anti-religiousness is vexing. I was recently reading an interview with Kathleen Hanna, the leader of the band/performance group *Bikini Kills* and *Le Tigre.* She said, “There’s no god...a god doesn’t looks like anything because there is no god. I think it’s just like a good force in the world, you know what I mean, like that thing that when your really freaked out keeps you from killing yourself.”<br /><br />I think that’s a pretty fair example of what a lot of folks mean by being “spiritual but not religious.”<br /><br />Obliged.Daniel Imburgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011159253204822220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-21831301555439244912012-04-17T06:38:35.669-04:002012-04-17T06:38:35.669-04:00Great thoughts Jana! Thanks for putting into word...Great thoughts Jana! Thanks for putting into words what so many feel. Our CGS work of re-making materials for the revised Roman Missal has called me to a fresh look at the liturgy. While I am not a fan of all the revisions, the work of re-visiting the tapestry of the Mass has been a sweet occupation. Yes, there are a number of prayers and actions we repeat each week - I think of those as "grounding points" - but there is also much "new" each week: the opening prayers, the preface, the psalms, the readings; all have much to say about what we are celebrating and why. On good days, when I really pay attention, these prayers and the Word call to my NOW, and to the NOW of the world. When I bring my questions about life to the liturgy (public work of the people) the gathering of the community helps me to chisel away some of the "I", so often at the center of my questions, and opens up a broader vision. <br />This week with the children we are celebrating Liturgy of Light. We begin with the blessing of the Paschal candle, and these words: "All time belongs to Him and all the ages". I remarked to the group yesterday that we sometimes forget this - we sometimes get so caught up in our own busyness that we begin to think time belongs to us! In fact, time is a gift. We cannot always choose what we do with our time, but we can choose how we live in it. I asked the children to consider what we were about to do: the great event we celebrate at Easter, and our own participation in the event. This time, I told them, is a gift to us - an opportunity to pray, and to celebrate our time, and all time, shared with God through Christ. This way of being connected to the cosmos is an awesome gift. We had a wonderful celebration!MizLynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103103099989798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-35453360249352644812012-04-16T20:28:41.865-04:002012-04-16T20:28:41.865-04:00Love your enemies - yes, that is true! And we don...Love your enemies - yes, that is true! And we don't spend nearly enough time praying for our enemies in the standard intercessions, I think.Theology PhD Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-82096753224426153102012-04-16T17:36:13.197-04:002012-04-16T17:36:13.197-04:00Jana, this is such a thoughtful and compassionate ...Jana, this is such a thoughtful and compassionate piece. I really appreciate it. <br /><br />I have another thing you might want to add to your list of "won't hear it anywhere in secular culture" things: love your enemies. It's why I still show up to church on Easter and Christmas, despite my humiliation and fear of being judged (by "better" Christians) as an Easter-and-Christmas Christian.Kate Blanchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364339071221826137noreply@blogger.com