Category: Spirituality

Topics pertain in some way to the unseen realm of Reality, the inner world, or the Divine, most often in a Christian and ecumenical context with the assumption that all people are in reality, beings with and of spirit.

Softness and Desire: Guest, Robert J. Monson

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Today, I give you some excerpts from my live chat conversation with scholar Robert J. Monson. We speak together some about the desert elders, but also about Robert’s work at the intersection of Blackness, disability, and softness (among other things) and we get into the topics of lust, sexuality, desire which the church has notoriously gotten wrong.

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Who is the God we speak of?

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The Flaws of Original Sin (doctrine)

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As I’ve studied the people and beliefs of a number of early Christians, it’s become ever more apparent how the corrupting effect of the Roman Empire altered our understanding of the human condition.

What began as a way to tell “whose’s in and whose’s out” with Creeds and working out doctrines (through often heated series of arguments) and adopting specific doctrines, the institutional Church (now in-bed with the foremost world super power) could wield power more expertly.

Most of what we know of St Augustine, in a personal way, comes from his writings called Confessions. This was a vulnerable move to shepherd readers, and he was undoubtably an intellectual giant. That said, his experiences and personal failings clouded his ideas and in some ways these were harmful to the religion from then onward.

The following episode is meant for adult audiences.

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Big News of Launch Week

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A big thank you to those who offered encouragement and helping The Way of the Desert Elders fly from the nest. Today, is very brief, but it’s about some of the wins from launch week.

Getting on the TOP TEN & LAUNCH DAY PARTY!

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