by Patrik Olterman | Nov 11, 2015 | Christian life, Family, Life is my religion, Polyamory, Relationships
In the wake of my most recent post on how love is not static I would like to add some thoughts on what has been called relationship anarchy, a term coined by Dr Andy in 2004. Dr. Andy writes: Relationship anarchy questions the idea that love is a limited resource that...
by Patrik Olterman | Nov 3, 2015 | Christian life, Church, Life is my religion
It has become very popular in the west to state that one is “spiritual and not religious”. For years I have felt that Religion was a bad thing and that religious was a derogatory term. For me religion was all the man made traditions and customs that many times where...
by Patrik Olterman | Sep 4, 2015 | Christian life, Life is my religion
It is interesting when we read the Christian scriptures we are told in the gospel of John that Jesus tells the disciples that they will do greater things than him. Our reaction is immediate, how could anyone ever do greater things than Jesus, the son of god? Instantly...
by Patrik Olterman | Sep 2, 2015 | Christian life, Church, Sex
So in light of my most recent post on the Ashley Madison reveal and the churches inability to provide a positive alternative to the schools sex education (or lack of sex ed). I have been pondering what could we do … when I read this article voicing some of the same...
by Patrik Olterman | Aug 26, 2015 | Christian life, Life is my religion, Theological reflection
Sin and repentence are two Christian concepts that I used to have an issue with. I was taught that sin was both like a cancer in my soul and that sinner was my identity. I used to actually believe that when I sinned god would leave me and stay away from me and my life...
by Patrik Olterman | Aug 24, 2015 | Christian life, Theological reflection
In the tantric tradition everything hinges on the polarity between the divine masculine, awareness and consciousness and the divine feminine, energy and life force. Everywhere we look we see this polarity between the outward and inward movement, the tension between...
