[Good morning everyone! I have out of town company this week, so today I'll be sharing my reflection from the last time this Gospel reading was featured in our Sunday lectionary. It's Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount, and considering that not a month ago a Christian bishop was widely criticized by people … Continue reading Blessed Are You Poor (in Spirit?): A Reflection on Luke 6.17-26 [Repost]
Another weekend — a long weened here in Ontario no less! — has come, and it’s time to look at what has been lighting me up, and lighting my way this week. My week started with a great chat with my sister about chapter 2 in Wilkie Au and Noreen Cannnon Au’s The Discerning Heart … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (February 15, 2025)
Towards the start of this series, we looked at Carl Jung’s simultaneous critique of Christian doctrine and abiding appreciation for the figure of Christ himself. There we saw how the traditional, biblical Christian understanding of faith existed in a place of healthy creative tension between the two opposites Jung proposed, imitation (which he didn’t like) … Continue reading Shadow Integration and the Incarnation
In an earlier post in this series, we talked a bit about how rituals of belonging — such as baptism, chrismation/confirmation, and the Eucharist — run the risk of hardening rather than softening the shadow by creating ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’, which was the opposite of Christ’s message and what his work set out to accomplish … Continue reading The Shadow and Chosenness
When I was in my late teens, and was at the peak of my interest in the charismatic movement, I had an experience of being ‘slain in the Spirit.’ While I don’t know what to make of that experience looking back, still there’s nothing quite like being pinned to the floor for a half hour … Continue reading Divine Glory and Human Weakness: A Reflection on Isaiah 6.1-8
Matthew Root 