@andreas
active 3 weeks, 6 days ago-
Andreas started the topic My Story in the forum Meet & Greet 3 months, 3 weeks ago
This is too long to be read by anyone but I just wanted to get it down in writing so that I know it’s on here and I can refer to it. Again, it’s hard to formulate thoughts and experiences in another language so a lot of it are generalizations and approximations.
My story
I grew up in a small village in the north of Sweden. My parents were in…[Read more]
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Andreas started the topic Daniel Johnston in the forum Living Creatively 4 months, 2 weeks ago
A powerful performance from one of the best and most unique american artists, Daniel Johnston. This song of his, Worried Shoes, means a lot to me.
Lyrics:
I took my lucky break and I broke it in two
Put on my worried shoes
My worried shoes
And my shoes took me so many miles and they never wore out
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Andreas started the topic C215 in the forum Living Creatively 5 months, 1 week ago
I read an article on an upcoming video game today and the game happens to feature artwork from this French street artist C215 or Christian Guémy. His work is vibrant and colorful and has a documentary feel to them as he mainly paints portraits of people. It really caught my eye, I find him life-affirming.
“C215′s subjects are typically those such …[Read more]
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Andreas started the topic Pachelbel in the forum Living Creatively 5 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m posting this mainly to find out how to embed videos but also because this is a beautiful piece of music, performed brilliantly by classical guitarist Per-Olov Kindgren.
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Andreas started the topic Today I blame religion in the forum The Church 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Not sure if this belongs here but here goes. I often find I don’t only feel one thing towards something, my feelings are mixed or rather in layers and sometimes a bottom layer moves up top and becomes more prominent. Today, for some reason, I’ve been feeling very resentful towards religion. It’s been a part of my life for the last 10 years and I…[Read more]
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Andreas replied to the topic Clashing with Christianity in the forum Personal Spirituality 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Well-written article Old-Pete. I could see Christendom going both ways. The signs of it’s fall are apparent, certainly in Sweden, but there are other movements as well not least a new ecumenical and liturgical movement with an affinity for the offices and structures of early Christendom. And there is also this persistent thought, particularly…[Read more]
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Andreas replied to the topic Clashing with Christianity in the forum Personal Spirituality 6 months ago
So what do you all include in “Christendom” and what are the signs of it’s “fall” and what do you mean by “fall?”
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Andreas replied to the topic Slowly moving towards atheism, but- in the forum Personal Spirituality 6 months ago
It’s often the arrogance that gets to me, arrogance masking fear. Then I think, fuck, who isn’t afraid of being wrong?
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Andreas replied to the topic Clashing with Christianity in the forum Personal Spirituality 6 months ago
It is part of the way we all constitute identity and sense of self – We begin with drawing up boundaries. Which is a good thing to be sure but that ability might also do harm when put to use in other contexts such as religion.
One hand open, one hand closed – I like it.
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Andreas started the topic Clashing with Christianity in the forum Personal Spirituality 6 months, 1 week ago
I’ve started writing down what my issues with Christianity are and what I see in it that’s worth holding on to. As I’m doing that I’m asking myself what really matters to me. What are things that I can’t compromise with? One of the more important things is a hard-earned lesson I received whilst living in a intentional community of sorts.
This was…[Read more]
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Andreas replied to the topic Creating a local group in the forum Chit Chat 6 months, 1 week ago
Wow, awesome and inspiring! I have no plans to start a local group but I have been getting in contact with people through social media and otherwise that have difficult and interesting experiences from church and views on the church. Thinking about maybe gather a group of these people together for a weekend at a castle nearby, simple conversations…[Read more]
