The fact that many people change their religious affiliation nowadays is a healthy trend. Changing dominations shows that people are thinking about their beliefs. People are paying attention to what nourishes them spiritually and what leaves them dry, empty and uninspired. No longer are they satisfied with the beliefs that were passed down to them through their families. They want first hand experience of the Divine. The shift to a new religious paradigm relies on tuning into themselves and taking more responsibility for their spiritual lives. And that is what the Pew survey is identifying.

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My vote goes to greed: greed is the sin most prevalent and harmful in the world today. Greed goes to the heart of many social and societal issues: it is acceptable to feast off the resources of the planet to make some people rich at the expense of underdeveloped populations. It is acceptable to sell arms around the world. Greed keeps war, violence and destruction of lives, limbs and property a dominating experience in the lives of many citizens of this planet.

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I’ve never been to a National Prayer Breakfast, but my sense is that these kinds of events have simply co-opted Christianity and made it part of the old boys club.

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In the patriarchal religions women have fared poorly. Whether it be the Jewish prayer of “Thank God I’m not a woman” or the apostle Paul’s admonishment that women are not to speak in church, or the struggle in the Roman Catholic church around women’s ordination, it adds up to be a pretty dismal picture.

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Yes, I think there is such an event as a ‘just’ war. But...

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The most formative religious experience I had was an experience that took me into the realm of my work with sacred pattern.

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