Liminal Lent

Fellow Labourers-

A more fulsome understanding of the concept of liminal may give you a better grasp of this article. So, please note the derivative of the word. "The notion of a liminal period was first introduced by ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his exposition of the “rites de passage,” or rite of passage “which accompany every change of place, state, social position and age."

For van Gennep, a rite de passage consists of three stages: the separation, or detachment of a subject from its stabilized environment; the margin, which is an ambiguous state for the subject; and the aggregation, in which the passage has completed and the subject has crossed the threshold into a new fixed, stabilized state. The liminal period of the rite de passage is the second stage that is characterized by being passed through; i.e., the purpose of this period is to transfer the subject from the original site to the new site.


What all of this is saying is "Be anxious for nothing." C.S.Lewis says we are anxious because we are out of place. We were never meant to live in a world so corrupt and destructive. Hence, Jesus came to show us how to live until he returns the second time. Even in uncertainty take it easy. Be anxious for nothing.

Pax Vobiscum

Pastor Robert A. Stewart, JP