Learning How to See
Our next meeting will focus on Brian McLaren's list of 13 biases which he says can also affect the development of our personal worldview.
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John Scoble
- Aug 12
- 3 min
Interpreting your Worldview
Previously, we have examined Ken Wilber's spiritual worldviews. Here, Rohr presents a model of alternative worldviews
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Robert van Mourik
- Jul 6
- 4 min
The Importance of Consciousness in Spirituality (Unabridged)
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Robert van Mourik
- Jul 6
- 3 min
The Importance of Consciousness in Spirituality
This is the feature article on the home page of the website
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Stephen Dyer
- Jun 15
- 4 min
After Death - What Comes?
the afterlife is of significant importance. If you were “really good (saint-like)”, you entered into Heaven. If you were “bad”,
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John Scoble
- Jun 4
- 6 min
Nature and Spirituality
Ecology is a huge subject. Many writers have written books on the subject, including Pope Francis, so it is somewhat daunting to prepare a
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Robert van Mourik
- Apr 15
- 11 min
Reimagining God
"Unless religion changes and adapts to the evolving world, it cannot do what it has the capacity to do: enkindle a zest for life.”
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Brendan O'Sullivan
- Mar 5
- 9 min
A Victim Mentality
The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the phenomenon of a Victim Mentality, explain it and encourage the reader to reflect on it
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John Scoble
- Feb 24
- 9 min
Death and Re-Birth
The purpose of this paper is to explore the spiritual dimensions of death and rebirth for individuals, groups and organisations.
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James Martin SJ
- Dec 2, 2023
- 4 min
Not Enoughness
The following is an extract from a new book, Come Forth, by James Martin, SJ., worthy of reflection
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Robert van Mourik
- Nov 30, 2023
- 4 min
From Co-dependency to an Adult Faith (Abridged version)
Co-dependency occurs when one places an excessive reliance on another at the expense of their own mature development.
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Robert van Mourik
- Nov 30, 2023
- 13 min
From Co-dependency to an Adult Faith
Co-dependency exists and has been fostered by the church. It denies the inherent wisdom each of us has and impacts our spiritual growth.
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Michael Furtado & Garry Everett
- Oct 19, 2023
- 6 min
Implications of Natural Law for our Spirituality
Natural Law is rarely seen in terms of spirituality, yet it widely informs the beliefs and practices of Catholics in the field of Bioethics
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John Scoble
- Sep 2, 2023
- 9 min
Detachment
"I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care about money. Decorations, titles, or distinctions mean nothing to me.
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Robert van Mourik
- Aug 2, 2023
- 9 min
Understanding the Parables
In his book Jesus: An Historical Approximation, the Spanish theologian, José Pagola writes the principal reason Jesus lived on earth was to
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Robert van Mourik
- Jul 2, 2023
- 6 min
Why did Jesus die?
Atonement Theory, the belief that Jesus died on the cross to redeem us for our sins, is deeply embedded in our literature, our hymns, our ps
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John Scoble
- Jun 2, 2023
- 10 min
The Feminine in Christianity
Many books and scholarly dissertations have been written about the divine feminine. It is impossible to do justice to the topic in a short
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John Scoble
- May 2, 2023
- 3 min
Creativity
Recently, we considered the concept of “Original Blessing” as an alternative to the doctrine of original sin. Founded in the recognition in
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Paul Inglis
- Apr 14, 2023
- 1 min
There is a Season
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and
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Robert van Mourik
- Apr 2, 2023
- 9 min
Original Sin or Blessing
The concept of original sin is well known and deeply engrained in our psyche. First proposed by Augustine in the fifth century, it has great
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