Comments on: Spirituality for the Rest of Us http://asthedeer.com/2010/02/08/spirituality-for-the-rest-of-us/ A blog by Chris Brundage, a pastor in Adrian, Michigan, USA Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:44:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ken http://asthedeer.com/2010/02/08/spirituality-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-1455 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:07:44 +0000 http://asthedeer.com/?p=5279#comment-1455 Lately, based on inspiration from Mircea Eliade’s description of how a home can be sacred space, an “axis mundi” he called it, I have been enhancing this aspect of my home and garden. What works for the ancients still works. Eliade writes about this in The Sacred and the Profane and The Myth of the Eternal Return. The way a person can approach this varies with the person’s religious background and culture, with the geography around the home, and with the design of the home. Eliade does not provide a blueprint, but I found that his explanation of the way ancient people designed their homes and the connection between that with the sacred dimension helped me find a way where I live.

God is less absent in this environment. It is not the way of dramatic visions. It is more like Brother Lawrence and his practice of the presence. The sacred space helps.

]]> By: Chris http://asthedeer.com/2010/02/08/spirituality-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-1454 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:27:15 +0000 http://asthedeer.com/?p=5279#comment-1454 It was received well. People appreciated the message. But I did learn that a lot of people don’t like tuna noodle casserole!

]]> By: David Henson http://asthedeer.com/2010/02/08/spirituality-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-1453 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:28 +0000 http://asthedeer.com/?p=5279#comment-1453 The absence of God! What courage and what a needed message! How was it received? I’m curious.

Thanks for sharing.

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