What if the ancient stories of the Garden, Paul’s “one act,” and the wilderness temptation weren’t about sin and salvation but about growing up as a species? Perhaps it’s time to take a closer look at the Secular “Trinity” of Reason, Responsibility, and Integrity, and discover what it looks like to live those principles in everyday life!
We spent the majority of this week’s main episode for the 1st Sunday of Lent (Cycle A) looking at three ancient stories (the Garden, Paul’s reflection on shared responsibility, and the wilderness temptation) and we pulled from them what I call a “Secular Trinity” of lessons.
Not supernatural or theological. Just very practical.
If we strip away the mythology and look at the human meaning underneath these stories, here’s what we’re left with:
The Sovereignty of Reason.
The Social Contract.
And the Integrity of the Self.
In other words: Reason, Responsibility, and Integrity… the Secular Trinity.
In this podcast, I don’t want to debate those ideas. I want to ask something much more important:
What would it actually look like to live this way?
Because if these ideas don’t change how we show up on a Tuesday afternoon, at work, at home, in traffic, in a disagreement, then they’re nothing more than philosophy.
