Liminal Spaces Archive
Advent: Divinity is in Your DNA
During Advent, we are told to watch and wait for the coming of the Christ. But what if we are looking in the wrong direction?
Dear Bible, It’s Not You, It’s Me: Reframing Our Relationship with the Bible
“People are leaving faith these days not because of what they don’t know about the Bible...It’s because of what they do know.” —Marcus Borg. Several years ago, I (Gary Alan) broke up…
God Our Father…and Mother
It hasn’t been a good year for the patriarchy (male headship). Beth Moore finally denounced complementarianism. Beth Allison Barr’s book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood…
Death Before Dying
On Friday, the Feast Day of Paul of Thebes, I (Gary Alan) witnessed the solemn profession of monastic vows by my dear friend and spiritual mentor Father Brendan…