Sunday 29 November 2009

How would you describe "Progressive Spirituality"?

Hi and welcome to my Blog! My aim is to share with friends my ideas on the transformation of 'religion' into a way of living - a spiritual path. In Britain churches are closing, the numbers entering ministry are in decline, and congregations are dwindling rapidly. Yet more and more people are wanting to "experience" the Divine - the Real - "Life in all its fullness". This Blog will explore what is going on - what forces are at work - and what difference it would make to the world if a lived spirituality was driving change in economics, politics and the global community.

So my first BLOG question - what do you think? What are the differences between a religious way of life or a spiritual path? Have the historic faiths still things to tell us in the 21st Century? Is it all over for the enlightenment and the rationalist approach? Is there a God - active in the world, or are we our own expression of the Divine?

You can find some of my recent articles and sermons on my Facebook - at www.facebook.com/john.hetherington. So check them out and comment on this new BLOG.

Happy thinking and feeling. John

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