{"id":19348,"date":"2020-09-23T10:35:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=19348"},"modified":"2020-09-23T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:35:44","slug":"an-interspiritual-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=19348","title":{"rendered":"An Interspiritual Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong>An\nInterspiritual Awakening<\/strong><br>\nWednesday, \u202fSeptember 23,\n2020<\/p>\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LZbvexG6Ec\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Today,\nI introduce you to my friend Adam Bucko, who is a devoted Christian\ncontemplative, Episcopal priest, activist, and friend to the poor. He\ncollaborates with spiritual leaders across religious traditions and mentors\nyoung people, helping them discover a spiritual life for the 21st century and\nlive in the service of compassion and justice. Here he reflects on what he sees\nas a spiritual awakening in younger generations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nyounger people, many of us, it\u2019s very clear we see God as present in all of the\ntraditions. . . . Not only do they believe that there is one underlying reality\nat the foundation of all major world religions but they are also convinced that\ndifferent traditions and their unique approaches to God complement each other.\n. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\nit\u2019s also important to say, a lot of young people don\u2019t actually identify with\na tradition any more. . . . Many of our churches, synagogues and mosques are\nfreaking out when they hear this, thinking that young people are no longer\ninterested in the sacred. But to me it is clear that young people are not\nnecessarily rejecting God, they simply feel that many religious organizations\nlost touch with reality and are too concerned with money, power,\nself-preservation, maintaining the status quo, and \u2018having right beliefs\u2019. As a\nresult, they tend to view them . . . as organizations that are spiritually\nbankrupt, that are no longer able to speak to and address some of the big\nquestions of our time. And it takes deep insight and spiritual courage to see\nthat. It is for this reason and many others that I don\u2019t think of the rise of\nthe \u2018spiritual but not religious\u2019 among our youth as a sign of spiritual\ndecline but rather a new kind of spiritual awakening. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nhave to acknowledge that when people hear about spiritual and not religious\npeople, they often immediately think that these are people who are just\nshopping around and not really that committed. . . . But when we look at some\nof the people who come from that group, we realize that actually many of them\nspend more time [in spiritual practices] than regular churchgoers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Richard: I can honestly say that I\nhave observed many of these same things in my work with young people at the\nCAC. I do not see a lack of spirituality and good faith in many seekers of the\nnext generation, but an abundance of it and a deep desire to live with\nintegrity and in alignment with their values. Such people are not satisfied\nwith a faith simply handed to them by an institution or the previous\ngeneration. They insist on investigating what is truly important for\ntransformation and a more just and compassionate world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Interspiritual Awakening Wednesday, \u202fSeptember 23, 2020 Today, I introduce you to my friend Adam Bucko, who is a devoted Christian contemplative, Episcopal priest, activist, and friend to the poor. 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