Leaping off Luther's Back
Hi, I’m Mac, your host. In this episode, we’re going to vault off Luther’s back. We're not going to stand on the shoulders of the last reformation, but go higher, more free, trusting a deeper resonance of how we encounter the divine and develop our Christ Consciousness personally and corporately. We’ll offer a way to Be on the Way…
Here's the new Reformation:
THE GATHERING
A MANIFESTO FOR LIFE
OUR WAYS OF BEING ON THE WAY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH
• With God: God, who is absolute in diverse gender essence, is for us. God is no respecter of one person or belief system over another, as we are all loved by the Creator beyond our wildest imagination for eternity.
• With Jesus: Jesus of Nazareth was the great example, not the great exception. His life and teachings provide The Way of salvation from our egoic nature into a life like no other. Understanding the Creator intimately, he encourages us to develop our innate divinity as children of God and as ones who can learn to cultivate the light and mitigate the darkness in each of us.
• With Ourselves: We are created in God's image and likeness. Our essence is good, created with an ongoing original blessing. Practicing a way of life that is motivated and directed by The Spirit of God will develop a likeness to The Christ that produces an exuberant life of affection for others, serenity, a sense of compassion in our heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates all things and people. Consequently, we will be equipped to marshal and direct our energies more wisely.
• With Each Other: Together is better. We act as distribution centers of God’s love. Our interaction with others should transcend the world’s focus on duality and look to promote a mystical oneness that is evident in our lives of inclusion, tolerance, radical love, gracefulness, and spiritual poise.
• With The Bible: We treat the Bible as our premier work of inspired ancient wisdom literature. We do not take it literally in all things or consider it infallible and inerrant. This perspective often undermines its foundational, profound ability to inspire, direct, and motivate our lives and elevate our thinking to a Universal Christ Consciousness.
• In All of Creation: We seek to live a life such that we need to constantly be revived, as the wonderment of God takes our breath away. We are deeply connected to the universe, and out of respect for it, we seek to honor and care for it and promote social and individual actions that support that effort.
• As The Church: We invite everyone to practice a communal life that cultivates our spiritual development through the ancient practices of prayer, conversation, contemplation, the sacred meal, fasting, Sabbath, observance of the sacred seasons, and generosity.
