Mythical Jesus Podcast: 037: Elise Brown – Refinding Jesus for the First Time

About "The Mythical Jesus" Podcast

My name is Bill Reel. I joined the a Church as a teenager and from day one I took the my religious walk very seriously. I strived to be a good member of my Church and wanting to know all there was to know about my faith, I began reading all I could on my faith and religion in general. I encountered critical thinking early on and weaved my way through difficult issues. Then while serving as a Pastor of my church in my early 30’s I hit a major crisis of faith. I woke one day and nothing fit anymore. I almost left the Church and my faith community. Instead, I dove further into the issues, opened myself up to changing my beliefs, assumptions, and expectations….. what I found was a renewed faith. A real Faith. But one based in our ability to grow past binary thinking and develop our own authority and to develop mast Ethno-centricity as our center ground. It was one that let go of literalness or historicity and focused on the power of Myth and the deep importance of Faith development. This woke me up to a beautiful and expansive faith that was once again new and open to reconstruction. I created this podcast to help others like you to find their way to the other side of that fracture. My main piece of advice is to stop forcing the facts to fit your assumptions and instead allow your assumptions to change. Question everything and be willing to adopt new information and paradigms even if it compels you to throw off old paradigms that were deeply comfortable. Many of us were taught a religious paradigm that simply is unrealistic, too simplistic, and too black and white. Open up to all the possibilities and leave room for a new you to come forth.