For most of civilization, no one pretended that their political and spiritual lives could be compartmentalized. There was no pretension over thinking you could pledge to this or that over here, and then turn around and pledge to this or that over there. For most of history, there was no sacred here, secular there, divinity … Continue reading I Pledge Allegiance: Part 6–The Spirituality of Pledging
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I Pledge Allegiance: Part 4–I Thought You’d Never Ask
Maybe you find it hard to swallow that there is a God who is intimately involved with the world. Maybe it is stuck in the back of your throat that this God would ask us to put down our weapons. And maybe you are choking on the idea that God would put down His. And … Continue reading I Pledge Allegiance: Part 4–I Thought You’d Never Ask