Expecting Light: Brigid

We know these aren’t historical in the modern sense. But they weren’t meant to be. These stories don’t ask, ‘Did this really happen?’ They ask, ‘What kind of world would be possible if it could?’

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Expecting Light: Pelagius

𝑨𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 - 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒔.

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No Biblical Precedent? That’s the whole Point!

Where have all the “radical believers” from the Charismatic Revivals gone? Aren’t there any Christians left who are committed to the rewilding of faith? Didn’t we embark on a mission to reclaim a church that is vibrant, unpredictable, and truly alive - where love and justice flourish beyond the fences of convention?

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A new mythos: Exploring an Emerging God (part two)

Is 40:26 "Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name.”

With knowledge of “emergence”, this becomes something like:

Lift up your eyes and see the cosmic diversity that has arisen from almost nothing. See how these celestial fire giants die out one by one, giving rise to ever more complex, powerful and beautiful realities. See how their rich dust pools into new forms of life - bringing into existence entirely new realms of being. What is emerging from all these? The divine presence of God, who the stars call forth one by one by name.

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