by devotionalia | Apr 19, 2025 | Christianity, Roman Catholic
What Does Purgatory Look Like? The human experience is rarely black and white. Most of us don’t live like saints, but we’re not mostly villains and rogues either. We try, we stumble, we grow, we carry regrets alongside good intentions. By the time we reach...
by devotionalia | Apr 17, 2025 | Christianity, Roman Catholic
Are Purgatory and Hell The Same Thing? Purgatory. Just the word sounds chilling, doesn’t it? I can’t help but picture Dante’s Inferno, a fiery hell where souls scream in agony, caught in a place of terror and suffering that feels like it may never...
by devotionalia | Apr 16, 2025 | Spirituality
Spiritual But Not Religious Ethics The rise of people identifying as ‘spiritual but not religious’ (or SBNR) is one of the more interesting shifts in today’s belief landscape. As of 2023, almost a quarter of American adults consider themselves SBNR....
by devotionalia | Apr 14, 2025 | Spirituality
How the Spiritual But Not Religious Create Meaning. When I posted my ‘Who are the SBNRs’ post on Reddit, it generated some heated discussion. Criticism of SBNR rituals was included, and some people got rather angry (the ALL-CAPS crew arrived). Some of the...
by devotionalia | Apr 11, 2025 | Christianity, Protestantism, Reformed/Calvinist
Political Idolatry is becoming more common. There’s a viral video making the rounds: a woman paints a portrait of Donald Trump in a public setting while worship music plays, hands are raised, and the atmosphere feels more like a religious revival than a political...
