Commitment to Faith - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka

About this episode

Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka discusses the overwhelming experiences in life and how religion helps integrate these moments into our lives.

“Really? You have never felt overwhelmed by, and in some way inadequate to, an experience in your life, have never felt something in yourself staking a claim beyond your self, some wordless mystery straining through words to reach you? Never? Religion is not made of these moments; religion is the means of making these moments part of your life rather than merely radical intrusions so foreign and perhaps even fearsome that you can't even acknowledge their existence afterward. Religion is what ...

People in this episode

Guest: Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka

Topics covered

• faith
• religion
• spiritual experience
• personal inadequacy
• mystery
• self-discovery

Keywords

• faith
• religion
• spirituality
• mystery
• self
• experience
• inadequacy

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