Comments on: Churches for A/theists

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:22:21 +0000

Brandy…I’m coming to church with you

I am so into what Peter means about embracing the darkness and talking about it. Sharing our own experiences in that place and witnessing to The God Goodness we found…we must not forget to share those moments of Divine Intervention….for that is why we gather…to tell..to sing…to cry…to laugh…to listen…to bow low and love….humble and worship full of Spirit and Truth.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:24:38 +0000

I love Peter Rollins and his merry message of doubt! I am so up for taking this challenge and gathering as a community to embrace and sit with the darkness. But I don’t know if I agree with him that it wouldn’t work. I would argue that people would want to experience this full spectrum of emotion – essentially, what it means to be alive, a whole human being – if they could grasp the supreme goodness of it. But hey, I am just a foolish optimist hell-bent on restoring Shalom.

By: Adam Gonnerman

Adam Gonnerman — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:07:23 +0000

This bit seems like a fair description of the unfiltered Scripture of Christianity:

“Rollins goes on to discuss how “the radical Christian” can “participate in the power of the Crucifixion” through structures, practices, and communities that “ritualize the full range of human emotions, bringing radical doubt, ambiguity, doubt, mystery, and complexity into the very heart of the liturgical structure itself.”

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:38:39 +0000

I think Rollin’s a/theism has a major contribution to offer the Church, no less the rest of humanity in regards to exposing them to their very selves in the deepest parts of who they are. Perhaps this will not become a road well-traveled for all, but it could become something extraordinary for those who are ready for such a radical and fuller-orbed understanding and participation in life’s journey. And as far as “being ready” is concerned, that could mean something different for people at varying stages of spiritual development. To confront or face doubt, ambiguity and mystery head-on (with the obvious attending inward struggles which will most likely manifest) can lead people toward a more honest sense of self, and help to provide to the self a new and more authentic way of perceiving and interacting with both the worlds within and external to themselves. Anyways, this is how I have been affected by Rollin’s writings. And I now have a much deeper sense of who I really am (at least at present)and no longer fear forging ahead into the unknown.