Religion should be grounded in nature.

Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher, Father Richard Rohr:

I am beginning to think that much of institutional religion is rather useless if it is not grounded in natural seeing and nature religion…

…When we are at peace, when we are not fighting it, when we are not fixing and controlling this world, when we are not filled with anger, all we can do is start loving and forgiving. Nothing else makes sense when we are alone with God. All we can do is let go. There’s nothing worth holding on to, because there is nothing else we need. It’s in that free space, I think, that realignment happens.

Perhaps there’s an argument to be made that the more disconnected institutional religion is from nature, the more disconnected it is from reality. And usefulness.

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