RT @nick_routledge: @lavitalenta Some might suggest such perversity amounts to an ersatz mythology born of the psyche’s misplaced attempt to create a source of intensity in a culture starved for depth; a meaning system, yes, but a fleeting substitute for the transformative depth the soulful imagination craves.
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Copy of tweet here: nick_routledge 1/7 The hermaneutic, deeply vexing, though, isn't it? How on earth do we sensibly communicate an experience of the staggering meaningfulness and plenitude of a Depth Realm conceived and experienced only through an obedience to love turning the world upside down? (Acts 17:6) We only have the first fruits of the Kingdom in this world, but we experience enough to know that it’s the only thing that will ever satisfy us. Once we have had the truth, half-truths do not satisfy us anymore. In its light, everything else is relative, even our own life. -Rohr Ragaz: "Not only does Jesus not bring a new religion, he does not bring any religion at all. One can't make this fact clear enough. He does not want a new religion, but rather a kingdom, a new creation, a new world." Thus, "We must teach spiritual things spiritually," 1 Cor. 2:13
@brianmclaren 24/ As such, the claim “Elias is come,” announces the profound potential an inclusive vision of revelation holds for addressing the question of meaning in our time, along with the guidance and nourishment its positive advent affords everyone, everywhere. No exceptions.
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Excerpt of tweet thread here: Rohr: "Only God decides what to anoint—which, thank God, is all of creation and all of humanity from the beginning. No exceptions." Likewise, Matthew Fox: "Is the Cosmic Christ not an archetype about how we are all in some way anointed kings, queens, priests, and messiahs?" "What if every human being is anointed, Messiahed, Christ?" asks Reverend Jacqui Lewis. Yes, we are all anointed Messiah. No exceptions. Though, crucially, ‘to be free is nothing: to become free is everything.’ In order to inherit our freedom, we need to go toward it.