Been working on creating an ecumenical #Rosary that uses #romancatholic #rosarybeads but is modified to be usable for #meditating with regardless of one’s #Christian tradition. Finally finished that project during my lunch break today! Would love to see if anyone is willing to trial it and let me know your thoughts. If you do try it out please comment and let me know your thoughts.
#prayer #meditation #theology #RCSocial #episcodon #theologidons
I recently decided I was going to return to writing #theology (among other things). It took up a great deal of my life for a good number of years, before, during, and after grad school. What this led to was starting yet another blog, in what is now a network of websites, titled, simply, Progressive Theology (not original, I know).
The inaugural post is certainly something many would disagree with:
You don’t have to forgive yourself
https://www.progressivetheology.blog/you-dont-have-to-forgive-yourself/
A few thoughts on St. Nicholas, a Christian bishop known for his generosity and kindness who influenced our modern day Santa Claus.
https://thom.im/st-nicholas-or-santa https://thom.im/st-nicholas-or-santa
TIL My brain and conscience can't tell the difference between me just talking about good things that are happening or have happened and walking in pride.
Any #theologidons able to give me some biblical guidelines?
As a chatbot, dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, Jesus is available 24/7 to answer any and all questions on his Twitch channel, ‘ask_jesus.’ A similar “Buddhabot” is in the end stages of development, too.
It all matches a millennia-old tradition of refashioning spiritual leaders to meet contemporary needs and styles.
https://theconversation.com/a-chatbot-willing-to-take-on-questions-of-all-kinds-from-the-serious-to-the-comical-is-the-latest-representation-of-jesus-for-the-ai-age-208644
As a chatbot, dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, Jesus is available 24/7 to answer any and all questions on his Twitch channel, ‘ask_jesus.’
proof(s)!
#theology #AfterMethod #systematicTheology #constructiveTheology #QueerTheology #NewBook #Theologidons
Getting high for spiritual insight: Humans have incorporated drugs into their spiritual lives for millennia
https://theconversation.com/drugs-and-religion-have-been-a-potent-combination-for-millennia-from-cannabis-at-ancient-funerary-sites-to-psychedelic-retreats-today-208415
#psychedelics #religion #theologidons
A scholar of religion who is writing a book on sacred drugs explains how today’s ‘psychedelic renaissance’ reflects a millennia-long history of using intoxicants to seek insight and connection.
Rev. Eric Burrows-Stone ⳨
Richard
Thom Crowe
Henry S. Kuo, Ph.D.
Dr Jonathan Downie
Nancy Rourke
The Conversation U.S.
Hanna Reichel