by Patrik Olterman | Dec 17, 2021 | Life is my religion
After all this time … 17 December, 2021 Looking back and reaching forward What a journey it has been. This blog has been my refuge and companion through the last 15 years. It bears witness of a circutious trek through the very wilderness of faith, theology,...
by Patrik Olterman | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, Life is my religion
10 January, 2019 Life is my religion Last night I dreamt that I was about to deliver a sermon in a small church with a few broken people in the audience. A young woman who just lost the love of her life, a group of elderly ladies that where angry that their world was...
by Patrik Olterman | Jun 9, 2017 | Featured, Life is my religion, Sacred Sexuality, Sex, Tantra
7 ways to become a better lover over night 9 June, 2017 Sex Tantra Sacred Sexuality Whether we like it or not sexual prowess is one of the yardsticks we use to measure our self worth. Many of us feel that we fall short in the bedroom. Mostly this is due to a lack of...
by Patrik Olterman | Dec 15, 2016 | Featured, Life is my religion, Sacred Sexuality, Sex
I have an ambivalent relationship to the term sacred sexuality. Using the word seems to imply that there is such a thing as not sacred sexuality or unholy sexuality. To me Sacred sexuality simply means that I hold all sexuality sacred. All intimate moments are sacred...
by Patrik Olterman | Jun 13, 2016 | Christian life, Life is my religion, Love
I am angry at the person who picked up a gun and murdered all those people in Orlando, I am angry at all the people who thinks that any kind of violence is justified in any situation. I am angry at the Christians who think that anything could justify these horrific...
by Patrik Olterman | Apr 29, 2016 | Christian life, Life is my religion, Love
“For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (Matt 7.14 NRSV) There is this idea, because of this verse, that being a Christian should be difficult and hard and to that effect the church has through the centuries...
