All beings have a propensity to unite with other beings
without this internal propensity which some call “gravity”
from atoms to galaxies
love would not appear at higher levels –
this propensity to unite, this gravity, is “attraction”
the primordial beginning of love
“Love/conviction/service not theology
are the keys to the Great Awakening –
it is not ‘what’ we believe but ‘how’ we believe
what is ‘actionable’ that counts”
– Diana Butler Bass
if God made you with this internal propensity to love
and made you intrinsically important to God
why would God change her mind in the next life?
God’s Love is the one eternal thing that takes away
our foundational fear of death/annihilation
so we never need to feel alone
God is always with us
but loneliness is not the same as being alone or solitude
loneliness is a feeling of not being a part of anything/
being cut off from others and life/
being intrinsically unworthy of love/
a feeling of guilt/a taste of death
but Love is stronger than death
we can be alone and be happy
if we feel we are still part of a loving family/community –
Church was originally meant to be the Beloved Community
but people try to fill the hole in their soul –
their loneliness – with work
but a distinction exists
between sound/healthy/meaningful/life-giving work
and frantic work
done out of loneliness/fear/greed/
our sins/society’s sins
Love and our recognition of that Love
are the only answers
to our frantic lives in a frantic society
in a frantic world.
Intelligent Christian Spirituality 
God is not a “her” and what we believe is very important. The Bible is clear on that. Bad doctrine can lead people to Hell.
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