The story of my own spiritual journey is a long and winding one, and I will spare you all the details, but in summary, I have continually found myself more and more drawn to Catholicism, Catholic theology, Catholic spirituality, and a devotion to the Blessed Mother. I'm planning to begin RCIA in...
Advent begins at midnight. Is anyone doing anything special this year for Advent? What kinds of ways of honoring the Advent season are you familiar with?
In a sense, you could say Wicca predates Gardner in that Wicca is an eclectic mixture of elements from various places that Gardner brought together into a new religion of older traditions. He certainly borrowed heavily from different sources he had read about. The structure of Wicca as setup by...
Yes, Christ was almost certainly not born on December 25th, but with at least 1600 years of celebrations of the birth of Christ on that day, why not use this as an opportunity to focus on our spiritual lives instead of our worldly ones?
I hear a lot of people complaining about the need to keep the Christ in Christmas, but at this point I'm not even sure I know what that means. What does Christ have to do with Santa Clause, toys, decorated trees, flying reindeer with glowing anatomy, spending yourself into debt, stress, and all...
I don't know, but I'd be curious to hear some good arguments for and against. I know that the concept of the Trinity is a big point of division between Christians and their Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters, and I have to agree with the Jews and the Muslims that it is a difficult concept to...
I wanted to take a quick moment to introduce myself. I'm from the Pacific Northwest (near Portland, Oregon), I'm a religious studies student (currently taking a break from formal education but hoping to return soon) and I am also training to become a licensed spiritual director. I have spent...