It was a way to show my commitment to serving God. My beliefs have changed over the years and the dog chains of dogma were just too short a leash to cover the complex range of experiences that have occurred in my life. I had to abandon Christian religion, but even after doing so I found that my experiences of faith were still valid. The ordination itself was something daunting as it was a recognition by me that God isn't confined to our belief systems and the only true way for me to serve is in that free fall zone of faith without any attachment to dogma or ideology or any other crutch of my intellect. So what I initially took as being only a novelty or amusement, it has instead shown itself to be an eye of the needle with a field of lilies growing on the other side.
It was a way to show my commitment to serving God. My beliefs have changed over the years and the dog chains of dogma were just too short a leash to cover the complex range of experiences that have occurred in my life. I had to abandon Christian religion, but even after doing so I found that my experiences of faith were still valid. The ordination itself was something daunting as it was a recognition by me that God isn't confined to our belief systems and the only true way for me to serve is in that free fall zone of faith without any attachment to dogma or ideology or any other crutch of my intellect. So what I initially took as being only a novelty or amusement, it has instead shown itself to be an eye of the needle with a field of lilies growing on the other side.