Welcome to The Christian Drifter, a newsletter of sorts, where we will be exploring the brightest lights in Christian thought of the last two thousand or so years, as well as putting in our own two cents in the form of theological speculations, radical proposals for a new spiritual counter-culture, book reviews, essays and opinion pieces, and biblical exegesis; with humility and an awareness of our limited capacities, but also, it must be acknowledged, with the reckless verve of a layman caught up in the third Heaven. We will be engaging with ideas orthodox and at the very edges of Christian orthodoxy; universal salvation, Christian anarchism, radical personalism, food & faith, the Omega Point theory, the Faith-Works problem, Christianity as counter-culture, Christian Minimalism, the future of Catholic art/music, the future of Catholic education, Christian Meditation, the Yoga of Mary, and what the psychedelic experience can tell us about death, resurrection and the Holy Trinity.
My name is Mark Saint Paul and I am the titular Christian Drifter. I hope you enjoy the writing and that the ideas here are stimulating. My aim is to help articulate a Christian Vision of the future that is grounded in Charity (Love), for we are tasked to love our neighbors, and they are all our neighbors. In a new age of false binaries, fear of the other, political religiosity and spiritual estrangement, I feel compelled to lend my voice to the growing choir of thoughtful Christians calling for a return to an earlier, communitarian Christianity. The Christianity of Acts, of the small flock, of shared meals and the strange joy of faith, hope and love. You are welcomed here.
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