I hardly know where to begin, really. My head is very full of ideas.
I suppose I should being by stating, boldly, that my concept of Christianity is not of the main-stream. I am in no way, whatever, a fundamentalist. My spiritual journey has been a long and circuitous one, and I will be writing about it extensively here, both for my own sake, to explore it's depth and meaning, even to myself, and to share what insights, errors, and conclusions I have drawn along the way.
I was raised a Christian. My parents did not bring me up in any church, but my grandmothers did. My father's mother took me to Lutheran churches as I was growing up, and my mother's mother took me to a Baptist church. I've visited and attended many churches, through the years, and eventually left church altogether, exploring other spiritual paths, including most prevalently, the religions of the East: Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism, mostly. I've studied the other Religions of the Book, Judaism, Islam, Bahai. I've explored so-called "primitive" religions and earth-based traditions, and modern hermeticism...I've studied religions from around the world and practiced many of them. In many ways, I've come full-circle. In recent years, while attending a Unitarian-Universalist congregation, of which I am still a member, I began to realize that I was walking around with a chip on my shoulder against the Christianity of my youth. I was carrying a resentment against the guilt and shame; I was passing judgement agaist the entire religion as I viewed what I perceive to be the harmful actions and words of many who claim to follow Christ. I threw the baby out with the bath water. I realized that this was unhealthy, and began to seek out ways to make sense of Christianity, again. I wanted to invite Jesus back into my life, but I knew I could not return to the state in which I had once believed. This blog will about that journey. I will share the ideas, philosophy and theology I now possess, talk about the books, experiences, practices, etc., that have influenced me upon the way and more.
Additionally, my new website, <a href="http://agnusdeilambofgod.bravehost.com">Agnus Dei</a>, will become a portal for those who share my liberal Christian ideology (or any part of it, at least) or wish to explore such ideas (at this point, what exists there is barely a beginning, and the site will be undergoing many changes as it grows). I hope for it to become a meeting place, a crossroads for others who embrace Jesus, but do not believe that means they must cast off their brains, persecute or harrass others or otherwise make a nuisance of themselves. A place for those who believe Jesus meant to bring peace to our souls and our world, and to empower us to take a role in bringing that peace.
At this juncture, I am so full of ideas and bursting with enthusiasm to begin exploring those ideas, that, as I've said, I hardly know where to begin. I know thqat I am far from alone in my ideas, and I do hope to reach out and gather together others who share them. I do know, though, that my journey is unique, and I look forward to sharing it, and hearing from others who have traveled similar or different roads and reached the same conculsions.
In conclusion, let me say that Jesus is once again in my heart. I endeavour to grow in my relationship to Him, to understand and emulate his examples to the best of my knowledge. I pray for Him to give me strength to grow, knowledge to empower my growth, power to do His will in this and all of my endeavours.
I hope you'll join me in this journey.
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God BLESS. 
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