Hi Jo, always read and enjoy your dispatches, but I have to say that it's not always easy for a person without a faith when you seem increasingly bound up in Christian themes.
I understand, dear Ruth, and completely agree! I find it very strange that the Bible should suddenly become such a preoccupation.
I think what's happened is that I am becoming increasingly frightened and despairing about what is happening in the world.
You and I, and many thousands of us are doing our best to communicate sane values but all voices seem to carry no weight in the chaos, destruction, and general madness.
In an odd way I am finding meaning and comfort in these old stories, written in a time when a mad Emperor was immensely powerful in the world and when an old order of things was coming to an end. A time just like ours...
What I'm also finding is the traditional understandings of these old texts don't work anymore. I have to find my own in order to keep myself sane and not give away to despair.
I really appreciate your writings. And I keep trying to find hope and the seeds of positive change in all this destructive folly.
Hi Jo, always read and enjoy your dispatches, but I have to say that it's not always easy for a person without a faith when you seem increasingly bound up in Christian themes.
I understand, dear Ruth, and completely agree! I find it very strange that the Bible should suddenly become such a preoccupation.
I think what's happened is that I am becoming increasingly frightened and despairing about what is happening in the world.
You and I, and many thousands of us are doing our best to communicate sane values but all voices seem to carry no weight in the chaos, destruction, and general madness.
In an odd way I am finding meaning and comfort in these old stories, written in a time when a mad Emperor was immensely powerful in the world and when an old order of things was coming to an end. A time just like ours...
What I'm also finding is the traditional understandings of these old texts don't work anymore. I have to find my own in order to keep myself sane and not give away to despair.
I really appreciate your writings. And I keep trying to find hope and the seeds of positive change in all this destructive folly.
Lots of love,, Jo xxxx