Holy Shift! (Part 2): Stages of Religious Renewal | Jake Haber

Holy Shift! Part 2—Stages of Religious Renewal:

What if the breakdown of old systems isn’t the end, but the beginning? In Part 2 of our Holy Shift! series, we dive into the stages of religious renewal—the deep, cyclical pattern where institutions unravel so something new and vital can emerge. What if the crumbling structures around us are making space for the spiritual future the world actually needs? Let’s explore what this means for our shifting religious landscape and where we go from here.

 

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Quotes:

 

Pablo Picasso:

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

 

Diana Butler Bass:

“The failure of religion is not the failure of faith. Instead, it is aninvitation to a spiritual awakening—the end of conventional religion opens the path to a more vital faith….People are not leaving the church because they have lost faith; they are leaving the church to preserve their faith.”

 

Brian McLaren:

“Many of us feel that the religions we inherited are at a crossroads, and we sense that the road ahead is not simply a repeat of the road behind us….The Spirit is blowing and new forms are emerging, but they are not emerging from the center of institutions; they are emerging from the margins” 

 

Greek Proverb:

“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.”

 

Joanna Macy:

“We are making choices that will affect whether beings thousands of generations from now will be able to be born sound of mind and body.”

 

Phyllis Tickle:

“Every 500 years, the empowered structures of institutionalized Christianity, whatever they may be, become an intolerable carapace that must be shattered so that renewal and growth may occur.”

 

Anthony Wallace:

“A revitalization movement is defined as a deliberate, organized, conscious effort by members of a society to construct a more satisfying culture.”