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#Retail Christianity

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Retail Christianity? Since when? Don’t get me wrong. No one is attempting to put Christianity in a retail shop. Retail Christianity, as intended here, has nothing to do with the mix of religion and the market economy as excellently lived out by the pastorpreneur par excellence, Robert Schuller. It is rather taken as an off-shoot of Retail Religion: The Future of Faith, which is the title of an interesting programme by the media mogul, Chude Jideonwo (#WithChude), involving a series of Instagram conversations with different individuals on the topic of religion and Christian faith. The variety of guests include Catholic and Pentecostal clerics, … Continue reading #Retail Christianity

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The Verdict on Religion

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

When Jesus calls our attention to children, he calls us to becoming childlike. Being childlike is the have the mind of a child, a trusting mind, a mind that accepts its limitations but is filled with an innocent trust upon someone greater. It is a call to develop what Zen Masters call the ‘beginner’s mind’, a mind that is docile and ready to learn. In that sense, our spirituality becomes a way of getting beyond our certitudes and our secure-selves in order to move to the realm of childlike innocence and openness. For Richard Rohr “This is exactly what Jesus … Continue reading The Verdict on Religion