What Does the Bible say about Interior Designing for your Kingdom Home, Condo or Office? - a podcast by Sonia Thompson

Beginning with the Jewish Prayer, Shema.

The word “Decorate” is a synonym of the word “adorn.” Adorn is from the Greek word kosmeo which in English means “cosmetic” or “to arrange and to put in order.”

Adorned in the Bible means to make your heart beautiful and spiritual adornment is the christian act of making one's heart or God's WORD beautiful with love, hope, faith, joy, compassion, kindness, and other holy character traits.

Isaiah 61:10 says, “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”

God has richly ornamented his Creation with color, variety, and majestic magnificence as found in Luke chapter 12:27, Psalm 139 and 1 Corinthians chapter 15:41.

The Hebrew word for adornment is hadharah, it is the root of hadar meaning “honor.” Amazingly, the scriptures do not condemn physical adornment when it is done properly the Bible actually recommends spiritual adornment which is of greater importance.

Henotheism is the worship of a single, supreme god that does not deny the existence or possible existence of other deities that may also be worshipped. Friedrich Schelling coined the word, and Friedrich Welcker used it to depict primitive monotheism among ancient Greeks.

As a metaphysical minister, I consider myself to be an eclectic Christian. Eclectic means to derive ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources. Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases. 

This boils down to what us seminary students call the "uncanny" part of religion and spirituality. As religion merely means to do something by rote, over and over again such a praying, fasting, bible reading, we do these things religiously. Yet spirituality describes the connection we make to the Supernatural, it answers the question why? Whereas, religion answers the question as to what or how do you believe?

Eclecticism and Henotheism for me, help me to explore how uncanny encounters within religious rituals aid participants in coming to terms with fears and anxieties, replacing negative emotions stemming from trauma or dislocation with positive emotions of God's love and overflowing forgiveness. Following Rudolph Otto, the uncanny has become central to the power of religious ritual. These uncanny elements for me, within religious ritual, provide an illustration of how religious experiences can help believers to feel ‘at home in the uncanny’.

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