Francine Thompson

But faith, let's go.

what religion brings us is not a dogma but a practice. That’s the rich thing it brings us. That’s the significant thing that it brings us, and that the idea of having a spiritual practice is one that’s completely compatible with the idea of being extremely skeptical of dogma; that those two things are not at war. They may be in tension, the way so... See more

in that quest for certainty in that desire to sort of do the right thing or get to the end or, be good, we want some sort of exterior authority, some system of belief to confirm for us that we're following all the steps and checking everything off the to-do list. And that's a fallacy, certainly.

But I think in our time, those of us who grow up in doubt, who accept scientific skepticism as a foundational part of our worldview, also are drawn again and again to kinds of faith, to spiritual practice.

I have this odd sense that what was outside has become very inside. And that whatever I mean by “God” is, as my Muslim friends say, as close to me as the heartbeat in my neck.

My faith, my spirituality isn't so much like this is my belief system. It is more a question of having faith that there are forces, powers, energies, beyond the seen world that are benevolent, loving attempting to sort of help us on our higher path to move the collective along. And there are also denser, more energetic forces at play, too.

I just feel like continually, we need to remind ourself that we need to be in this space of spirituality, of Mary Magdalene, of the work of wholeness. No one can do that for us. No one, and no one can tell us exactly what that looks like for us or what needs to be done to achieve that.It is deeply personal, internal work. And yes, I think we all... See more