On Worship Culture

The thing is - worship culture is just another form of dehumanization. It commodifies human beings and robs people of the ability to grow out loud.

I want no part in it. And I think it’s important to say as much because the truth is a lot of people hold back because they’re afraid of what happens if they get seen and elevated. I think the truth is that we often conflate getting seen and elevated with disconnecting from the Earth. The higher the rise, the bigger the fall…

But what if we rise with our feet firmly planted on the ground. What if every transformation is equally an opportunity to get even more deeply grounded. What if we’re not susceptible to being manipulated because we’re rooted in a truth that’s bigger than what we’re up to or how it looks or what it gets us. If we’re rooted in being human no matter what.

In the next few days I’m going to announce an offering that’s been years in the making. I intimately know that this thing that I’ve made is so much bigger than me - these words have served me and I hope that they can serve you, too. I say that with the caveat that I also deeply know that the only person that I am capable of healing is myself.

I see the world as an ongoing and beautiful reflection of me - so when I see beauty and wisdom and healing in someone else, I see it as an invitation to discover where beauty and wisdom and opportunities to heal live in me. As an invitation to explore my own unique expression and the depths of my own Being.

And I hope that this book (spoiler its a book) can be an invitation to do the same thing. To turn back to yourself first and foremost - because that’s where it all goes down for each of us. Everything else is just a tool to help us get back to the place where we know that.

Worship culture is a distraction from this truth. But like all distractions, we can simply choose to opt out. And this is me making it explicit that I’m intentionally and unequivocally opting out.

Do not put me on a pedestal

My feet belong here on the ground