Out there in the
wide world of contemporary pop spirituality she is hawked about as everything
from an archetypal goddess of wisdom to a sexualized consent. The shadow side
of Christianity's notoriously undealt-with issues around human sexuality and
the feminine get projected directly onto her.
Contrary to usual
expectations, true beloveds do not live in peace and acquiescence.
The spiritual
identity forged through kenotic self-surrender survives the grave and can never
be taken away.
Never before in the
history of Christianity have the tools and insights been so readily at hand to
address the areas of dysfunction and to begin to rebuild the church from the
ground up or its authentic foundations.
The male-dominated
versions of Christianity are a luxury the world can no longer afford.
It is not obligatory
for Jesus to be celibate in order for the path he teaches to hold integrity.
Present, intimate,
creative, "closer than your own heartbeat", accessed through your
vulnerability, your capacity for intimacy.
The imaginal realm is real, and through it you will never be separated
from any one or anything you have ever loved, for love is the ground in which
you life and move and have your being.
