Liminalescence

To decide to do something or to decide to do nothing is still a decision to be owned. I previously mentioned that back on the Feast of Pentecost in 2019, I made the conscious decision to step away from a lifetime of having gone to regular mass and participation in my local Catholic parish. While most all of the reasons comprise the earlier blog posts, the main reason was to gain clarity and perspective by stepping away from it all for an unspecified season. Since that time, I've learned that such decisions are an essential and life-determining reality that can be understood through the " heroes journey ." Joseph Campbell delineated this circular path from a multitude of world cultural and religious traditions that formed the synthesis that all human beings must enter into and depart during their lifetimes in order to live authentically to who we were created to be. To be specific, this for me was my "Crossing the Threshold" moment.  I'm unsure that I've ...

  It has now been just over two years since I stepped away from attending Catholic mass or any participation in the life of my local faith community. At the time of my departure, I made this choice in order that I might seek after clarity and gain perspective about who I am in relation to God and others. Being the "franchise" player for my Catholic faith, I would have never imagined ever contemplating (let along doing) this early on and yet I heartfully attest that Divine Love has been creating a wider container in me; one that kept me from feeling the comfort and offering the assurance of pressing my hands to each side of my previous faith container in order to know where I was at all times. Sound as if I'm adrift? Indeed no. While it is true that I am unmoored from the regular hold of being connected to the faith of my life's imprinting up to a few years ago, I am in a rather intriguing place of spiritual curiosity, openness and questioning. My choice has thus requ...