108. Debra Rienstra | The Discipline of Hope
Language of God
Is Ecology a Remedy for the Over Spiritualization of Faith?
i think the tendency in particularly evangelical spaces, but not exclusively evangelical spaces, is to make the faith all about my soul and my relationship to jesus. So it's about individual salvation. But that's not really the whole sweep of scripture. And as a professed indoor cat, you know, i can testify to the fact that i've been doing gardening more. I've been sweating and digging in this little refugium, literal refugium behind my house. And just being more attentive to the natural world has actually been really useful in strengthening my faith - even when i'm no sort of disgusted with human culture.
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