I was not raised a christian but I was raised amongst christians.
In the small village in normandy where I grew up, my friends, classmates and most of the community were Christians and so, once in a while, I was given some kind of breadcrumb as to what the Christian faith was about.
The story about Jesus and the Christ I gathered this way was very perplexing to the little girl I was and I had a lot of questions like:
- Why would women forever and ever be considered responsible of the fall of Heaven and the first sin? How could we carry this fault in our body-mind-soul? Was it like genetics?
- Why sex was bad if God told us to “multiply”?
- Why sex was considered the biggest sin – or it seemed at the time – whereas there were far bigger crimes, i.e. crimes against humanity and gas chambers?
- Why was Christ’s crucifixion bad if it was the only way to forgive our sins? Shouldn’t we be glad and grateful that it did happened?
- Also why does God send babies to hell when they are not baptized?
I am sure there is a decent answer for all these questions but I didn’t receive it at the time.
When I entered junior high, my French professor recommended us to read the Bible so as to understand the many ways christianity had influenced how French society was built.
So I did … and it didn’t help me … at all.
I couldn’t understand how people would get the answers they were looking for simply by reading the Bible.
So I was actually relieved and happy when I found out some “new” texts were found such as the Dead Sea scrolls or the gospel of Mary. Texts that were considered apocryphal and thus didn’t make it into the Bible.
Could these new texts reveal the answers I was looking for about Christ and christianity?
And I was fascinated by the testament of Mary-Magdalene, one of the apostle (?).
As with all biblical documents, it’s s much better to have a guide to help you navigate the text through the political events at the time, the social norms, the possible translation mistakes , etc.
But Meggan Watterson goes beyond: traumatized by the church, as many others, she shares what it means to her to have a testament that includes the feminine side of christianity, how it changed her life, how it helped reconnect to the Divine guidance in her heart, how to know the Christ from within us.
The feminine is not wicked, as I had learnt during recess in 2nd grade, but it’s one of the door to knowing the Divine Love from within.
I loved reading about Meggan’s journey and maybe you will too …
https://www.megganwatterson.com/mary-magdalene-revealed
Wishing you a magical journey on the way to open your heart … ✨
Gretta 😘