It’s Me and Spirit. And Me and Spirit are in good standing.

“There is a journey you must take. It is a journey without destination. There is no map. Your soul will lead you. And you can take nothing with you.”
-Meister Eckhart

February 23, 2023

I just finished Nadia Bolz Weber’s book, Pastrix. Life changing.

Our theology is not entirely in line, but that’s because I’ve thrown everything out the window this past couple of years in the process of redefining my faith. But Nadia hits on many of the truths I continue to hold dear.

I’ve come to receive information in the spirit in which it is conveyed. When it comes to theology, I am not a literalist. I do not believe God keeps people out of heaven because they didn’t get the theology right. Not my God. Not my Spirit.

My Spirit, my friend, my father, my mother, my everything. She is so real she is tangible. I feel her next to me this moment. She leans against me, the full length of her arm against mine, reading these words as they unfurl on my screen. I don’t always feel her, but I know without a doubt she is always right there. If I don’t sense her, it’s because I’ve turned away. She never wanes. Every moment of my life, she is always right there.

A few months back, my brother, a biblical literalist, asked, “What do you believe, Coco?”

“I follow the teachings of Jesus Christ,” I responded, with the most serene smile I could manage, knowing what would come next.