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Nomadic spirituality, that sense of being alien, strangers in a strange land, is almost a given in contemporary life.
*Diana Butler Bass, in Christianity for the Rest of Us
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Christ, it seems that these times I live in are the best of times for me to live in, for I know I am a spiritual wanderer. I have always been lost in the comfortable, popular religion of my surroundings. Even while very young I sensed Something More that ached in my heart. I did not know how to name it, live it, or whom to go to for guidance in what that Voice was saying to me. This brought me many lonely times. I lived in a spiritual wasteland. And even after trying different routes to satisfy the yearning, the ache would not stop. I have, finally, admitted that to follow You entails being lost to the predominant priorities and values of the form of Christianity that is dying, for it has not met the deepest, most pure longings of people. To be a spiritual nomad seems to entail, at least for me, some form of emerging religionless, inclusive faith that is taking shape in my being, and has been since those early intuitions of Something More. Yet I am called to follow You, Christ, for You are the Way, Truth, and Life for me. I am called to the boundaries of Christian faith and beyond, but not to leave this way that is grounded in Your Gospel. I do not know what that will mean as the child of this ache keeps forming within me. I can only trust that my not-knowing honors You and is more dignified than the bland certainties that spot the religious landscape of masses of people. I trust that my confusion is a sign of my love for You, my taking Truth seriously for I take our relationship seriously.
Suggested Reflection
What does it mean for you to be a spiritual nomad?
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