Liberating Theology

I was looking for something else at Youtube when the video below popped up.

As I listened to it, it set a cascade of thoughts and feelings that ran through me like electricity.

Christianity, in the words of one of my mentors Joanna Macy, is my natal lineage. I learned to read from a Bible nestled in my grandmother’s lap, and the stories, particularly those of Jesus crowd up in my dreams to this day…

There are, of course, many Christianities. The one that most appeals to me is the one about the bodhisattva Jesus found in various places. Close on is the Jesus of the Sea of Faith.

But the first Christianity that made me pause and think the religion isn’t just about making a special deal with God that gets a body a ticket out of a hell, something I found unbelievable and offensive on the face of it, and which I rejected – was this one…