The Meeting House
A Biweekly Service
Every Other Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. MT
Rigorous Spirituality, Open-minded Religiosity
On Being Post-secular
Studies show that more and more people living in the developed world aren’t secular so much as they are post-secular. And post-secular people are currently standing in no man’s land: they don’t embrace a complete scientific materialism (according to which all that exists is physical or material), they’re no longer religiously affiliated, and they have a deep spiritual longing for “moreness.”
Sound familiar?
Who Are We?
Case 1: When you were younger, you had faith. But as you got older, you went to college and lost it. Since then, you’ve had an existential longing that’s gone unfulfilled.
Case 2: For many years, you were a strident atheist. But then you had a mystical experience that you couldn’t account for within a strict materialist paradigm. As a result, you were left with a vague openness, with a sense of mystery.
Case 3: Over the years, you’ve tried sound baths, crystal healing, cacao ceremonies, Tarot reading, breathwork, modern postural yoga, forest bathing, and more. And yet, you feel just as confused now as you did when you began this spiritual search.
Of all three, we can ask, “What are we looking for? And what sort of path would enable us to find ‘the one thing needful?’”
All Right. So, What’s Missing Among The Current Offerings?
What’s typically missing in many organized religions today is that there’s little room for rigorous, ongoing discussions about the nature of being or God, and there’s no discernible inner path to self-knowledge, peace, or love. A church can feel stuffy, a zendo stiff.
Meanwhile, contemporary spirituality, which often devolves into pleasure-seeking or wellness-chasing, is far too thinned out. First, there’s, at best, only a nebulous nod to metaphysics (like: “All is one” or “The universe is benevolent”). Then too there’s not a commitment to wholesome fellowship. Lastly, there’s no obvious place for devotion or selfless service.
Coming Home
Where, then, is a sincere—yet wayward—spiritual seeker to turn?
At The Meeting House, we’re offering bimonthly services in an effort to rejoin rigorous spirituality with the best elements from religion. In particular, we’re putting particular emphasis on the following 4 elements:
A longing for self-knowledge
A deep openness to devotion
A genuine desire to live righteously
And a keen need for wholesome fellowship
If this sounds like your thing, then tell us more about yourself, and we’ll tell you more about The Meeting House.