Thank you for this beautiful post, Hannah. It brings back my own pilgrimage in what our guide called "the country of crossroads." And I appreciate your sounding and deepening the questions of what it means to live within and to resist empire in new and ancient ways.
Wonderful article! It helped to remind me how to think of my faith during these times - a stranger in a strange land. Living in empire - and how to live. Thank you!
Thanks, Janet. This piece by Hannah Breckbill offers us a perspective and vision that can be facilitated by travel and the experience of other cultures. I’m glad the post resonated with you thus way.
Thank you for sharing this. I really enjoyed traveling with Hannah through this history and place. There is so much I like about it: "Christian since before there was a word for it" - "to experience holy places" "Jesus as a political figure, a visionary who demonstrated a nonviolent way" "Christianity lost itself as early as the 300s CE, when it was co-opted and spiritualized/depoliticized by the Roman empire." "Early Anabaptists in 1500s Europe (where Mennonites come from) became convinced that states should not dictate religion and lived a separation of church and state by refusing to go to war and refusing to baptize their children—and they were punished for it" - all of this struck many chords - and much more. I think about Christianity a lot here in Spain, especially this holy week - thank you for adding to my thoughts.
Thank you for this beautiful post, Hannah. It brings back my own pilgrimage in what our guide called "the country of crossroads." And I appreciate your sounding and deepening the questions of what it means to live within and to resist empire in new and ancient ways.
Thanks, Elizabeth. It’s so good to remind ourselves of the foundation of resistance.
Great article. Interesting outside perspective from pilgrim with a positive religious perspective. Thanks for sharing your insights.
Thanks, Warren, for being an engaged reader. This piece certainly presents the insights of a pilgrim, even the life of a pilgrim at home.
Wonderful article! It helped to remind me how to think of my faith during these times - a stranger in a strange land. Living in empire - and how to live. Thank you!
Thanks, Janet. This piece by Hannah Breckbill offers us a perspective and vision that can be facilitated by travel and the experience of other cultures. I’m glad the post resonated with you thus way.
What a lovely piece. Thank you for sharing this experience.
My pleasure. Breckbill brings a lot of wisdom to the page.
Thank you for sharing this. I really enjoyed traveling with Hannah through this history and place. There is so much I like about it: "Christian since before there was a word for it" - "to experience holy places" "Jesus as a political figure, a visionary who demonstrated a nonviolent way" "Christianity lost itself as early as the 300s CE, when it was co-opted and spiritualized/depoliticized by the Roman empire." "Early Anabaptists in 1500s Europe (where Mennonites come from) became convinced that states should not dictate religion and lived a separation of church and state by refusing to go to war and refusing to baptize their children—and they were punished for it" - all of this struck many chords - and much more. I think about Christianity a lot here in Spain, especially this holy week - thank you for adding to my thoughts.