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Name: Becky Garrison
Where you live: New York, NY
What you do as a vocation or avocation? Religious satirist
Your two favorite books: I can't narrow down my library to just two favorites. The Bible is the one book I "try" to read every day.
Your two favorite songs: That's a sheer impossibility - lately, I've been chilling to the musical gifts offered by the artists collective Proost UK (http://www.proost.co.uk/)
Why you are interested in spirituality? I always find myself getting so busy that my prayer life keeps falling into the theological toilet once again. Whenever I get too disconnected from God, I always end up with this religious rash as though I'm suffering from some devotional disease. I end up walking around bowlegged like I have a case of the spiritual rickets. Reconnecting through God through prayer, ritual or even just a solitary walk in the woods helps me to start walking along this admitted crooked path. I'll never have all the answers but the more I talk with God, I learn to start asking the right questions.
Your favorite quote: "Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God."-Lenny Bruce
Your favorite web sites: Here's a few sites that help me think, laugh and love ...
The Jesus Manifesto http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/
Jonny Baker http://jonnybaker.blogs.com/jonnybaker/
Naked Pastor http://www.nakedpastor.com/
The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/
The Revealer http://www.therevealer.org/
Tall Skinny Kiwi http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/
Wittenburg Door http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/ (Yes, we're on extended hiatus but like Arnold, we'll be back).
Your hero? Mary Magdalene - Even though the disciples dismissed her firsthand account of Jesus as nonsense, she stuck to her guns. (See Luke 24:11) Their initial lack of respect for her demonstrates how women were perceived in first century Judea. You'd have to be one gutsy gal to go against the cultural milieu of the times. BTW-I'm going to go medieval on anyone, who dared to call Mary Magdalene a prostitute.
A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? Righteous anger, which is one of the best weapons in the satirist's arsenal, can eat me alive if I'm not careful. Jesus must look at some of my moves and shake his head. But then he takes me in his arms and loves me. Why can't I do likewise to those who let me down? As much as I want to be the humble tax collector, I often come off as the self-righteous judgmental Pharisee. (SeeLuke 18:9-14) Time after time, I fail to put the Greatest Commandment into practice. I hate when I get in the way.
A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?" While I attend a number of alternative worship/emerging services, it is on the water where I truly worship. I really seem to connect to God when I'm seeped in her handiwork albeit through fly-fishing, kayaking, or walking on the beach.
http://www.beckygarrison.com/
Where you live: New York, NY
What you do as a vocation or avocation? Religious satirist
Your two favorite books: I can't narrow down my library to just two favorites. The Bible is the one book I "try" to read every day.
Your two favorite songs: That's a sheer impossibility - lately, I've been chilling to the musical gifts offered by the artists collective Proost UK (http://www.proost.co.uk/)
Why you are interested in spirituality? I always find myself getting so busy that my prayer life keeps falling into the theological toilet once again. Whenever I get too disconnected from God, I always end up with this religious rash as though I'm suffering from some devotional disease. I end up walking around bowlegged like I have a case of the spiritual rickets. Reconnecting through God through prayer, ritual or even just a solitary walk in the woods helps me to start walking along this admitted crooked path. I'll never have all the answers but the more I talk with God, I learn to start asking the right questions.
Your favorite quote: "Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God."-Lenny Bruce
Your favorite web sites: Here's a few sites that help me think, laugh and love ...
The Jesus Manifesto http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/
Jonny Baker http://jonnybaker.blogs.com/jonnybaker/
Naked Pastor http://www.nakedpastor.com/
The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/
The Revealer http://www.therevealer.org/
Tall Skinny Kiwi http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/
Wittenburg Door http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/ (Yes, we're on extended hiatus but like Arnold, we'll be back).
Your hero? Mary Magdalene - Even though the disciples dismissed her firsthand account of Jesus as nonsense, she stuck to her guns. (See Luke 24:11) Their initial lack of respect for her demonstrates how women were perceived in first century Judea. You'd have to be one gutsy gal to go against the cultural milieu of the times. BTW-I'm going to go medieval on anyone, who dared to call Mary Magdalene a prostitute.
A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? Righteous anger, which is one of the best weapons in the satirist's arsenal, can eat me alive if I'm not careful. Jesus must look at some of my moves and shake his head. But then he takes me in his arms and loves me. Why can't I do likewise to those who let me down? As much as I want to be the humble tax collector, I often come off as the self-righteous judgmental Pharisee. (SeeLuke 18:9-14) Time after time, I fail to put the Greatest Commandment into practice. I hate when I get in the way.
A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?" While I attend a number of alternative worship/emerging services, it is on the water where I truly worship. I really seem to connect to God when I'm seeped in her handiwork albeit through fly-fishing, kayaking, or walking on the beach.
http://www.beckygarrison.com/
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