A Pathworker’s Blog

I thought about editing what I had written in the previous blog entry (Thank You Ross Douthat), but decided instead to simply create a sequel.

“Yikes! Is Pathwork, the path that has served me so well, nothing more than ‘expressive individualism,’ which Douthat through Bellah and episodes in “Girls” shows not only not to be a source of happiness but at times even a source of agony?”

In this blog entry I supply two Pathwork sources that have been helpful to me in my spiritual formation

I am not sure why I have been drawn to this seemingly technical and esoteric spiritual topic, but for whatever reason it doesn’t seem to want to leave me until I write it down. If you are in any way drawn to such matters you are invited to read on and explore with me.

This outside authority is melting away as I, now nearly 72, step into my adult Christian faith.

After posting my piece on Am I a Christian? I found myself uneasy. Am I now a heretic? Is being a heretic a problem for me?

So finally I decide to look in the mirror and simply, but also boldly, ask myself, “Gary, are you a Christian?”

I see you as the courageous one doing deep work, all the time applauded by our counselors, and I feel like the retard in our relationship.

“Here are gathered 200 people coming from all walks of life. Most of us have embarked upon our respective spiritual journeys. We feel some camaraderie here in this 2-day workshop, some level of ‘community,’ if only for this weekend. But when we leave here, what are the communities to which we return and where we find like-minded spiritual seekers?”

…I chose to write about a discernment process Pat and I are in regarding finding a local spiritual community near our home in Milford.