“Well, Mackenzie, don’t just stand there gawkin’ with your mouth open like your pants are full,” said the big black woman as she turned and headed across the deck, talking the whole time. “Come and talk to me while I get supper on.” –Elousia/Papa/God in The Shack If you haven’t yet heard of The Shack, [...]
It’s funny … Grian and I are just two ordinary women who decided to have a conversation about our spiritual beliefs. No harm in that, right? Yet both of us were nervous, afraid of being attacked by the other, or ridiculed, or misrepresented. It’s not often that pagans and Christians sit down to talk. We pretty much live and move and worship in separate circles.
“I do believe that Pagans are misunderstood…we are your normal, everyday people.” As we began to dig deeper into pagan philosophy, some of the major differences between what Grian and I believe began to surface. There’s not much we agree on when it comes to sin, forgiveness, redemption, and evil. Grian believes that human problems [...]