Rohadi Nagassar
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Whole & Human. Forty Meditations for Liberating Body and Spirit.
Awaken your senses to a life beyond survival
In an age of conflict, disparity, and uncertainty, do we really need more church practices built around self-denial, grief, suffering, penance, and fasting? For individuals and communities on the margins, we don’t need weekly or daily reminders about grief—we have enough already. Instead, we need traditions that oppose death and decay with resurrection and triumph. We need to shout “Increase!” for access and collective participation with the deep and wide ethic of radical love.
40 meditations on our relationships with land, body, spirit, and justice with invitations to engage life-giving spiritual practices rooted in the five senses await inside. In this guide for spiritual cultivation, we’re not ignoring the hard times or any losses. But in the midst of heavy things, we can learn to counter daily challenges with restorative possibilities that help us not only survive calamity but thrive toward a new way of life.
It’s time to nourish our bodies instead of denying them. It’s time to cherish simple and beautiful moments, reengage our curiosity, amplify our wonder, pursue justice, and most of all seek ways to love ourselves and one another well. One day at a time.
When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins
Searching for language to describe a faith where you can be your whole self? I’ve got a couple ideas. Step into a journey toward liberation, and belonging
We need belonging to survive and thrive. For Christians who know the pain, isolation, and loss of identity that comes with the ongoing struggle to be seen in churches and institutions full of barriers to belonging, you are not alone. Sometimes it can feel easier to walk away from faith completely. But there is another way. When it feels as though there’s no place left to belong, Jesus invites us into a love that knows no bounds and a community that truly liberates.
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About Rohadi
Rohadi is a writer and speaker. Most of his attention is spent engaging the topics of decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity. Check out the podcast: Faith in a Fresh Vibe for more.
Rohadi lives in Canada, on Treaty 7 Lands, in the city of Calgary. He holds a Business Certificate from Mount Royal College, a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Divinity from Canadian Theological Seminary. Read his full bio including bylines and guests appearances on the About Page.
Recent Entries From the Blog
5 Ways Commuter Churches are Killing Christianity
Anecdotal evidence suggests lengthy commutes may be killing you physically. Can we say the same thing about commuter churches and their impact on dwindling church attendance? I remember a conversation with a lead pastor of a megachurch. We were talking about...
Finding the Racist Bone
"I dont have a racist bone in my body!" A phrase I've heard dozens of white people utter on the subject of racism, which they think little about. What's racism? Racism: the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that...
Two Crucial Pieces Missing in Worship (music)
I'm always on the search for insightful worship music. A question I often ask friends is, "send me what's hot right now, and what you love." The latest suggestion was Josh Garrels. As I listened I noticed it wasn't really congregational music, but it was deep and...
Part 2 on Sameness. Prejudiced in the Church: The Other
Part 1 on Sameness in the Church found here. Have you ever filled out a questionnaire with check boxes for ethnicity? There's never a box for me. Sometimes there's an 'Other' box, but usually nothing. Have you ever stood in a room with complete strangers and have...
The Problem of Sameness in Insulated Christianity
** This is part one of two on the topic of race and prejudice in Western Christianity. ** The lack of diversity in churches doesn't bother enough Christians. You've heard the old adage, "birds of a feather flock together," which seems to be the rule rather than the...
Why Christianity IS Dying in North America
Pew Research released the latest edition of current religious trends in the United States. The results merely confirm what sociologists have tracked for some time, and what pastors have noticed in the pew: as a whole religious affiliation, in particular Christianity,...
Goldilocks and the Church of Status Quo
Does your church grow by evangelism? Probably not. Can you even think of a single congregation that's bursting at the seams because of their robust evangelism program? Probably not.... The haunting question is WHY?! I blame the Church of Goldilocks, a consumer...
The Gift of Obscurity in Ministry
Posted Feb 29 2015, redone and reposted. Ministers that take new ideas and imagination for the church/community and put them into action are pioneers who step outside the bounds of convention and into the unknown. Most pioneers start off small, and then move to bigger...
What is Localized Liturgy in Worship?
Many 'contemporary' churches have sung the same songs or hymns for decades. If you turn on any Christian radio station, it could be years in between listening, and the same bands and songs are playing. I remember a song growing up that always pulled everyones heart...
Idle No More: A Canadian Context to Inform Response, Part 3
This is part three of a three part blog post series providing historical context to the Idle No More campaign written by Tony Kaye. Tony completed his Master of Arts in history at the University of Saskatchewan. His thesis focused on British colonialism in northern...