Learning How to See with Brian McLaren Re-Consecrate Everything (feat. Barbara Brown Taylor)
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Mar 3, 2023 Barbara Brown Taylor returns for a conversation with Brian McLaren about reconsecrating our lives spiritually and ecologically. They discuss leaving religion, finding harmony, understanding beliefs and passions, recycling biblical stories, and the importance of reconsecrating everything as holy and spiritual.
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Nothing Truly Gets Thrown Away
- Nothing can truly be thrown away; cultural and ecological 'trash' persists and influences the present.
- Brian McLaren urges recycling, redeeming, and reconsecrating Christian elements rather than simply discarding them.
Cradle Question From New Zealand
- Barbara Brown Taylor recounts a New Zealand woman's question: how to walk without despising the cradle.
- The story illustrates holding gratitude for one's origins while seeking change.
Redefine Rather Than Wreck
- Avoid wreaking vengeance on traditions you reject; fury won't create harmony.
- Engage in personal reconsecration projects without seeking gatekeeper permission.