Building a GRASSROOTS CHRISTIANITY: Growing Faith for Everyday People

Tag: embodied faith

Can you want to want God?

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date February 2, 2023
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I hate being told what I “want” by someone else. So why does St. Ignatius of Loyola keep telling us to “ask for what I want”?

Tags embodied faith, ignatian spirituality, Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Formation

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When Attachment Strategies Become Our Identities

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date August 10, 2022
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The tragedy for many of us is that our childhood survival strategies become subjective identities to be protected

Tags attachment, embodied faith, neuroscience, Spiritual Formation

Embodied Faith vs. White American Christianity

Post author By geoff holsclaw
Post date December 17, 2021
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Earlier this week I asked “If you could change one thing about American Christianity, one specific thing, what would it be?” The responses were fantastic. And here’s mine (and it is specific, but it would mean changing many other things). Embodied Faith American Christianity—and really I’m talking about “white” American Christianity (of the right […]

Tags embodied faith, purity culture, Racism