The philosophies of faith Jenn explores in this episode are ones that seek certainty - seek set answers and hope to find the right way, but as with the changing seasons and seasons of turmoil in our world swirling around us, certainty is elusive.  The concepts Jenn explores in this episode are foundational concepts or terms, foundational theologies of the background of her story.  The focus of the episode today is fundamentalism  - “A form of religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture; or as a strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject of discipline.”  

There is an addiction to certainty which I believe drives the fundamentalist perspective and I understand the appeal.  It’s nice to feel like you have it all figured out - that it’s all settled and you don’t have to wrestle with things anymore.  But as I walked through my shift in faith I could no longer make peace with the certainties that they had settled. 

Life is full of gray - we want it to be all black and white, cut and dry, we don’t want to live in the in-between places of changing seasons that leave us questioning what life will be like from day to day.  It would be easier that way for sure, to live in the black and white, in the certainty - but it’s just not how it is.    

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen today. The life of our soul is a journey with many twists and turns. This journey has times of discovery, growth, disruption, examination, perplexity, and harmony. Soul Sojourn is a podcast that plans to explore this journey of the soul; considering the different segments of the journey, the different stops we make along the way, and the divergent paths that we can take as unique people with distinctive life experiences. Soul Sojourn hopes to provide room for diverse expressions of faith and welcomes questions and doubts about the journey of the soul. It recognizes that so often there is mystery in life and faith, questions that have no answers, and deep levels of uncertainty and precarity that are present in our lives. I look forward to what is to come, what future stops we’ll take along the journey together. I’ll see you at the next stop.

To connect with me visit https://www.facebook.com/soulsojournpod/
https://www.instagram.com/soulsojournpod/ or https://twitter.com/soulsojournpod